27 Feb 42 | USS Langley | CV-1 | attacked by bombers off Java, abandoned and scuttled |
8 May 42 | USS Lexington | CV-2 | sunk by aerial torpedoes in Battle of Coral Sea |
7 Jun 42 | USS Yorktown | CV-5 | damaged by aircraft on 4 Jun during Battle of Midway, torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-168 |
15 Sep 42 | USS Wasp | CV-7 | torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-19 south of Guadalcanal |
26 Oct 42 | USS Hornet | CV-8 | sunk after being damaged by aircraft torpedoes during Battle of Santa Cruz |
24 Nov 43 | USS Liscome Bay | CVE-56 | torpedoed and sunk by I-175 off Gilbert Islands |
29 May 44 | USS Block Island | CVE-21 | torpedoed and sunk by U-549 northwest of Canary Islands |
24 Oct 44 | USS Princeton | CVL-23 | sunk after being damaged by aircraft bombs east of Luzon during the Battle of Leyte Gulf |
4 Jan 45 | USS Ommaney Bay | CVE-79 | sunk by kamikaze south of Mindoro, Philippine Islands |
21 Feb 45 | USS Bismarck Sea | CVE-95 | sunk by kamikaze off Iwo Jima |