Day |
Month |
Year |
Ship(s) |
Hull |
Incident |
•02 |
January |
1991 |
USS ANDREW J. HIGGINS |
AO 190 |
Grounding |
•03 |
January |
1989 |
USS WILL ROGERS |
SSBN 659 |
Collision |
•08 |
January |
1974 |
USS FINBACK |
SSN 670 and |
|
|
|
|
USS KITTIWAKE |
ASR 13 |
Collision |
•08 |
January |
2005 |
USS SAN FRANCISCO |
SSN 711 |
Grounding |
•09 |
January |
1984 |
USS DETROIT |
AOE 4 |
Fire |
•14 |
January |
1969 |
USS ENTERPRISE |
CVAN 65 |
Flight Deck Fires |
|
|
|
|
|
58 - Fatalities |
•14 |
January |
1991 |
USS HARRY W. HILL |
DD 986 and |
|
|
|
|
USS KANSAS CITY |
AOR 3 |
Collision |
•15 |
January |
1978 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Aircraft Crash |
•17 |
January |
1989 |
USS NORFOLK |
SSN 714 and |
|
|
|
|
USS SAN DIEGO |
AFS 6 |
Collision |
•18 |
January |
1989 |
USS BELLEAU WOOD |
LHA 3 |
Accidental Discharge of |
|
|
|
|
|
Firefighting Foam |
•20 |
January |
1956 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 and |
|
|
|
|
USS PINNACLE |
MSO 462 |
Collision |
•22 |
January |
1987 |
USS OGDEN |
LPD 5 |
Fire |
•23 |
January |
1961 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Fire |
•25 |
January |
1989 |
USS SPRUANCE |
DD 963 |
Grounding |
•27 |
January |
2002 |
USS OGDEN |
LPD 5 and |
|
|
|
|
USS GREENEVILLE |
SSN 772 |
Collision |
•28 |
January |
1981 |
USS KALAMAZOO |
AOR 6 and |
|
|
|
|
USS SYLVANIA |
AFS 2 |
Collision |
•30 |
January |
1989 |
USS DETROIT |
AOE 4 |
Boiler Accident |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•03 |
February |
1963 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 |
Grounding |
•04 |
February |
1999 |
USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD |
DD 968 |
Collision |
•05 |
February |
1980 |
USS INCHON |
LPH 12 and |
|
|
|
|
USS SPIEGEL GROVE |
LSD 32 |
Collision |
•09 |
February |
2001 |
USS GREENEVILLE |
SSN 772 |
Collision |
•10 |
February |
1983 |
USS ANTRIM |
FFG 20 |
Fire |
•10 |
February |
1986 |
USS WILLAMETTE |
AO 180 and |
|
|
|
|
USS JASON |
AR 8 |
Collision |
•12 |
February |
2001 |
USS DENVER |
LPD 9 |
Fire |
•18 |
February |
1991 |
USS TRIPOLI |
LPH 10 |
Mine Explosion |
•18 |
February |
1991 |
USS PRINCETON |
CG 59 |
Mine Explosion |
•20 |
February |
1963 |
USS ENTERPRISE |
CVAN 65 |
Flight Deck Fire |
•22 |
February |
1988 |
USS YORKTOWN |
CG 48 and |
|
|
|
|
USS CARON |
DD 970 |
Collision with Soviet
Ships |
•22 |
February |
1992 |
USS DAHLGREN |
DDG 43 |
Main Space Fire |
|
|
|
|
|
(#1 engine room) |
|
|
|
|
|
2 – Fatalities |
•24 |
February |
1975 |
USS KANSAS CITY |
AOR 3 and |
|
|
|
|
USS HENRY B. WILSON
|
DDG 7 |
Collision |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•01 |
March |
1971 |
USS DETROIT |
AOE 4 |
Collision |
•03 |
March |
1975 |
USS IWO JIMA |
LPH 2 and |
|
|
|
|
USS NASHVILLE |
LPD 13 |
Collision |
•11 |
March |
1994 |
USS AMERICA |
CV 66 |
Explosion |
•14 |
March |
1981 |
USS YELLOWSTONE |
AD 41 and |
|
|
|
|
USS ROBERT A. OWENS |
DD 827 |
Collision |
•14 |
March |
1994 |
USS JEFFERSON CITY |
SSN 759 |
Grounding |
•16 |
March |
1983 |
USS ANTRIM |
FFG 20 and |
|
|
|
|
USS FLATLEY |
FFG 21 |
Collision |
•17 |
March |
1973 |
USS ENHANCE |
MSO 437 |
Fire |
•17 |
March |
2005 |
USS MONTEREY |
CG 61 and |
|
|
|
|
USNS SPICA |
T-AFS 9 |
Collision |
•19 |
March |
1998 |
USS KENTUCKY |
SSBN 737 and |
|
|
|
|
USS SAN JUAN |
SSN 751 |
Collision |
•23 |
March |
1986 |
USS MIDWAY |
CV 41 |
Collision |
•25 |
March |
2006 |
USS MCCAMPBELL |
DDG 85 |
Collision |
•28 |
March |
1979 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 |
Fire |
•29 |
March |
1995 |
USS SEATTLE |
AOE 3 and |
|
|
|
|
USS WASP |
LHD 1 |
Collision |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•04 |
April |
1986 |
USS WILLIAM H.
STANDLEY |
CG 32 |
Main Space Fire |
•05 |
April |
1973 |
USS
INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 |
Fire |
•09 |
April |
1979 |
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY |
CV 67 |
Fires |
•11 |
April |
1985 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 |
Collision |
•13 |
April |
1968 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 and |
|
|
|
|
USS WRANGELL |
AE 12 |
Collision |
•14 |
April |
1988 |
USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS |
FFG 58 |
Mine Explosion |
•19 |
April |
1989 |
USS IOWA |
BB 61 |
Explosion/Fire (Turret
#2) |
|
|
|
|
|
47 - Fatalities |
•19 |
April |
1989 |
USS TRIPPE |
FF 1075 and |
|
|
|
|
USS PLATTE |
AO 186 |
Collision |
•20 |
April |
1977 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 and |
|
|
|
|
USS TRUCKEE |
AO 147 |
Collision |
•20 |
April |
1993 |
USS WASP |
LDH 1 |
Grounding |
•21 |
April |
1971 |
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY |
CV 67 |
Electrical Fire |
•21 |
April |
1987 |
USS
RICHARD L. PAGE |
FFG 5 |
Collision, |
•24 |
April |
1973 |
USS FORCE |
MSO 445 |
Engineering Space Fire |
•24 |
April |
1988 |
USS BONEFISH |
SS 582 |
Explosion/Fire |
|
|
|
|
|
(battery well) |
|
|
|
|
|
3 - Fatalities |
•25 |
April |
1987 |
USS DANIEL BOONE |
SSBN 629 |
Grounding |
•27 |
April |
1961 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 and |
|
|
|
|
USS DIAMOND HEAD |
AE 19 |
Collision |
•28 |
April |
1983 |
USS ENTERPRISE |
CVN 65 |
Grounding |
•29 |
April |
1987 |
USS LA MOURE COUNTY |
LST 1194 and |
|
|
|
|
USS HERMITAGE |
LSD 34 |
Collision |
•29 |
April |
1988 |
USS SAM HOUSTON |
SSBN 609 |
Grounding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•07 |
May |
2003 |
USS SAIPAN |
LHA 2 |
Munitions Explosion |
•08 |
May |
1990 |
USS CONYNGHAM |
DDG 17 |
Class Bravo Fire |
|
|
|
|
|
(boiler room) |
|
|
|
|
|
1 - Fatality |
•09 |
May |
1979 |
USS SAVANNAH |
AOR 4 and |
|
|
|
|
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Collision |
•09 |
May |
1989 |
USS WHITE PLAINS |
AFS 4 |
Main Space Fire
|
|
|
|
|
|
(boiler room) |
|
|
|
|
|
6 - Fatalities |
•13 |
May |
1989 |
USS AMERICA |
CV 66 |
JP 5 pump room
|
|
|
|
|
|
explosion/Fire |
•16 |
May |
2012 |
USS ESSEX and |
LHD 2 |
|
|
|
|
USNS YUKON |
T-AO 202 |
Collision |
•17 |
May |
1987 |
USS STARK |
FFG 31 |
Missile Attack |
|
|
|
|
|
37 - Fatalities |
•21 |
May |
1966 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 and |
|
|
|
|
USS IWO JIMA |
LPH 2 |
Collision |
•21 |
May |
1978 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Fire |
•22 |
May |
2008 |
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON |
CVN 73 |
Fire |
•22 |
May |
2002 |
USS DOLPHIN |
AGSS 555 |
Fire and Flooding |
•23 |
May |
1989 |
USS GURNARD |
SSN 662 |
Grounding |
•23 |
May |
2012 |
USS MIAMI |
SSN 755 |
Fire (shipyard) |
•25 |
May |
1960 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Collision |
•25 |
May |
1981 |
USS NIMITZ |
CVN 68 |
Flight Deck
Fire/Explosions, |
|
|
|
|
|
14 - Fatalities |
•25 |
May |
1989 |
USS BLUEBACK |
SSN 581 |
Fire (Diesel engine
room) |
•25 |
May |
1993 |
USS GUADALCANAL |
LPH 7 and |
|
|
|
|
MONONGAHELA |
AO 178 |
Collision |
•28 |
May |
1970 |
USS DANIEL BOONE |
SSBN 629 |
Collision |
•30 |
May |
1960 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Fire |
•31 |
May |
1978 |
USS MIDWAY |
CV 41 |
Fire |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•01 |
June |
1981 |
USS NITRO |
AE 23 |
Main Space Fire |
•03 |
June |
1987 |
USS PATTERSON |
FF 1061 |
Fires |
•05 |
June |
1979 |
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY |
CV 67 |
Fires |
|
|
|
|
|
1 - Fatality |
•08 |
June |
1967 |
USS LIBERTY |
AGTR 5 |
Attack |
•09 |
June |
2004 |
USS CARNEY |
DDG 64 |
Collision |
•10 |
June |
1981 |
USS DETROIT |
AOE 4 |
Grounding |
•12 |
June |
1982 |
USS BONEFISH |
SS 582 |
Flooding |
•13 |
June |
1969 |
USS ENDURANCE |
MSO 435 and |
Collision |
|
|
|
HMS RORQUAL |
|
|
•14 |
June |
1989 |
USS HOUSTON |
SSN 713 |
Snagged tow cable sinks |
|
|
|
|
|
Tugboat (BARCONA) |
•15 |
June |
1975 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 |
Boiler Explosion |
•15 |
June |
1984 |
USS AMERICA |
CV 66 |
Flight Deck Fire |
•15 |
June |
1989 |
USS PELELIU |
LHA 5 |
Fire |
•16 |
June |
1989 |
USS HOUSTON |
SSN 713 |
Fishing Net Accident |
•17 |
June |
1982 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Steam Valve Rupture |
•20 |
June |
1975 |
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY |
CV 67 |
Fires |
•21 |
June |
1979 |
USS ENTERPRISE |
CVN 65 |
Fire |
•21 |
June |
1990 |
USS MIDWAY |
CV
41 |
Explosion |
•25 |
June |
1966 |
USS STALWART |
MSO 493 |
Fire |
•26 |
June |
1979 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Fire |
•26 |
June |
1980 |
USS CONSTELLATION |
CV 64 |
Collision |
•28 |
June |
1989 |
USS BAINBRIDGE |
CGN 25 |
Grounding |
•29 |
June |
1981 |
USS DAHLGREN |
DDG 43 |
Fire |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•03 |
July |
1979 |
USS IWO JIMA |
LPH 2 |
Fire |
•10 |
July |
1971 |
USS CONSTELLATION |
CV 64 |
Fire |
•10 |
July |
1972 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Fire |
•12 |
July |
1982 |
USS SEATTLE |
AOE 3 |
Explosion |
•13 |
July |
2000 |
USS DENVER |
LPD 9 and |
|
|
|
|
USNS YUKON |
T-AO 202 |
Collision |
•15 |
July |
1969 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Fire |
•22 |
July |
2004 |
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY |
CV 67 |
Collision |
•23 |
July |
2010 |
USS GEORGE W BUSH |
CVN 77 |
Electrical Fire |
•27 |
July |
1974 |
USS ENTERPRISE |
CVAN 65 |
Fire |
•29 |
July |
1967 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CVA 59 |
Flight Deck Fires |
|
|
|
|
|
134 - Fatalities |
•29 |
July |
1980 |
USS MIDWAY |
CV 41 |
Collision |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•07 |
August |
1975 |
USS DAHLGREN |
DDG 43 |
Collision |
•08 |
August |
2005 |
USS BONHOMME
RICHARD |
LHD 6 |
Collision |
•09 |
August |
1979 |
USS MIDWAY |
CV 41 |
Fire |
•12 |
August |
2012 |
USS PORTER |
DDG 78 |
Collision (Japanese
tanker) |
•13 |
August |
2010 |
USS CHOSIN |
CG 65 |
Electrical Fire |
•15 |
August |
1971 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Flooding |
•15 |
August |
1981 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 |
Fire |
•18 |
August |
1998 |
USS SEATTLE |
AOE 3 |
Collision |
•20 |
August |
1971 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Flooding |
•22 |
August |
1969 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 |
Collision |
•22 |
August |
2005 |
USS MCFAUL |
DDG 74 and |
|
|
|
|
USS WINSTON S.
CHURCHILL |
|
Collision |
•23 |
August |
1977 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Fire |
•25 |
August |
1959 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 |
Jet Crash and Fire |
•27 |
August |
2000 |
USS DETROIT |
AOE 4 and |
|
|
|
|
USS NICHOLSON |
DD 982 |
Collision |
•27 |
August |
2003 |
USS FLORIDA |
SSBN 728 |
Fire |
•29 |
August |
1988 |
USS DWIGHT D.
EISENHOWER |
CVN 69 |
Collision with anchored |
|
|
|
|
|
coal ship |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•03 |
September |
1988 |
USS BERKELEY |
DDG 15 |
Collision |
•05 |
September |
2005 |
USS PHILADELPHIA |
SSN 690 |
Collision |
•10 |
September |
1984 |
USS TICONDEROGA |
CG 47 |
Fire |
•11 |
September |
1964 |
USS CONSTELLATION |
CV 64 |
Explosion |
•12 |
September |
1988 |
USS BOULDER |
LST 1190 |
Grounding |
•12 |
September |
2000 |
USS LA MOURE COUNTY |
LST 1194 |
Grounding |
•13 |
September |
2007 |
USS TAYLOR |
FFG 50 |
Electrical Fire |
•13 |
September |
2010 |
USS GUARDIAN |
MCM 5 |
Collision |
•14 |
September |
1976 |
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY |
CV 67 and |
|
|
|
|
USS BORDELON |
DD 881 |
Collision |
•15 |
September |
2007 |
USS LEYTE GULF |
CG 55 |
Fire in Shipyard |
•22 |
September |
1973 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Fire |
•22 |
September |
1986 |
USS YELLOWSTONE |
AD 41 and |
|
|
|
|
USNS TRUCKEE |
T-AO 147 |
Collision |
•24 |
September |
1981 |
USS GUADALCANAL |
LPH 7 |
Collision |
•29 |
September |
1989 |
USS PENNSYLVANIA |
SSBN 735 |
Grounding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•01 |
October |
1972 |
USS NEWPORT NEWS |
CA 148 |
Explosion |
•01 |
October |
1996 |
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
CVN 71 and |
|
|
|
|
USS LEYTE GULF |
CG 55 |
Collision |
•02 |
October |
1992 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Accidental Missile |
•05 |
October |
2010 |
USS WHIDBEY ISLAND |
LSD 41 |
Fire |
•06 |
October |
1977 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Collision |
•07 |
October |
1981 |
USS INCHON |
LPH 12 |
Boiler Explosion |
•09 |
October |
1989 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Fire |
•09 |
October |
2004 |
USS VINCENNES |
CG 49 and |
|
|
|
|
USS CORONADO |
AGF 11 |
Collision |
•10 |
October |
1967 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 and |
|
|
|
|
USS MOUNT KATMAI |
AE 16 |
Collision |
•11 |
October |
1989 |
USS IWO JIMA |
LPH 2 |
CIWS Misfire |
•12 |
October |
2000 |
USS COLE |
DDG 67 |
Small Boat Attack |
|
|
|
|
|
17 - Fatalities |
•13 |
October |
1996 |
USS GETTYSBURG |
CG 64 |
Collision |
•14 |
October |
1958 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Explosion/Flooding |
•19 |
October |
2001 |
USS INCHON |
MCS 12 |
Class B Fire Main Space |
|
|
|
|
|
1 - Fatality |
•20 |
October |
1980 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 |
Fires |
•23 |
October |
1957 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Collision |
•23 |
October |
1988 |
USS HAYLER |
DD 997 |
Collision |
•25 |
October |
1967 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 |
Explosion |
•25 |
October |
2003 |
USS HARTFORD |
SSN 768 |
Grounding |
•26 |
October |
1966 |
USS ORISKANY |
CV 34 |
Fires |
|
|
|
|
|
44 - Fatalities |
•27 |
October |
2005 |
USNS NIAGARA FALLS |
T-AFS 3 |
Grounding |
•29 |
October |
1989 |
USS LEXINGTON |
AVT 16 |
Trainer
crash/Fire/flight deck |
•30 |
October |
1989 |
USS REEVES |
CG 24 |
Accidental Bomb by
F/A-18 |
•30 |
October |
1990 |
USS IWO JIMA |
LPH 2 |
Boiler Room Explosion |
|
|
|
|
|
(steam stop valve) |
•31 |
October |
1971 |
USS NIAGARA FALLS |
AFS 3 |
Fire, arson |
•31 |
October |
1986 |
USS AUGUSTA |
SSN 710 |
Collision |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•01 |
November |
1989 |
USS MONONGAHELA |
AO 178 |
Explosion/Fire |
•02 |
November |
1985 |
USS ENTERPRISE |
CVN 65 |
Grounding |
•06 |
November |
1961 |
USS CONSTELLATION |
CV 64 |
Boiler Room Fire |
•08 |
November |
1989 |
USS FORRESTAL |
CV 59 |
Armored Hatch Closes on |
|
|
|
|
|
Sailor |
•08 |
November |
2002 |
USS CONSTELLATION |
CV 64 |
Fire |
•09 |
November |
1959 |
USS MIDWAY |
CV 41 |
Fire |
•11 |
November |
1989 |
USS KINKAID |
DD 965 |
Collision |
•12 |
November |
1973 |
USS EXCEL |
MSO 439 |
Fire |
•13 |
November |
1989 |
USS FINBACK |
SSN 670 |
Fire |
•13 |
November |
2002 |
USS OKLAHOMA CITY |
SSN 723 |
Collision |
•14 |
November |
1989 |
USS INCHON |
LPH 12 |
Electrical Fire |
•16 |
November |
2006 |
USS NIMITZ |
CVN 68 |
Electrical Fire |
•18 |
November |
2010 |
USNS KANAWHA |
T-AO 196 and |
|
|
|
|
HMCS FREDERICTON |
FFH 337 |
Collision |
•20 |
November |
1975 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 and |
|
|
|
|
USS DENEBOLA |
AF 56 |
Collision |
•20 |
November |
1978 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 |
Fire |
•21 |
November |
1978 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 and |
|
|
|
|
USNS WACCAMAW |
T-AO 109 |
Collision |
•22 |
November |
1975 |
USS BELKNAP |
CG 26 and |
|
|
|
|
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY |
CV 67 |
Collision |
|
|
|
|
|
6- Fatalities (Belknap) |
|
|
|
|
|
1 -
Fatality (Kennedy) |
•30 |
November |
1988 |
USS NIMITZ |
CVN 68 |
Fire (flight deck
ordnance |
|
|
|
|
|
misfire) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
•03 |
December |
1980 |
USS AMERICA |
CV
66 and |
|
|
|
|
USS CALOOSAHATCHEE |
AO 98 |
Collision |
•07 |
December |
1941 |
PEARL HARBOR |
|
Pearl Harbor |
|
|
|
|
|
Remembrance |
•06 |
December |
2002 |
USS PAUL HAMILTON |
DDG 60 |
Collision |
•12 |
December |
1973 |
USS DETROIT |
AOE 4 |
Explosion |
•13 |
December |
1965 |
USS INDEPENDENCE |
CV 62 |
Fire |
•13 |
December |
2002 |
USS ANTIETAM |
CG 54 |
Charlie Fire |
•15 |
December |
1975 |
USS SARATOGA |
CV 60 and |
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USS MISSISSINEWA |
AO 144 |
Collision |
•16 |
December |
1975 |
USS INCHON |
LPH 12 and |
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USS CALOOSAHATCHEE |
AO 98 |
Collision |
•17 |
December |
1984 |
USS CORAL SEA |
CV 43 |
Fire |
•19 |
December |
1960 |
USS CONSTELLATION |
CV 64 |
Hangar Deck Fire |
•21 |
December |
2004 |
USS JACKSONVILLE |
SSN 699 |
Fire |
•31 |
December |
1984 |
USS TATTNALL |
DDG 19 |
Electrical Fire |
•31 |
December |
1986 |
USS WILLIAM V. PRATT |
DDG 44 |
Grounding |