Key WWII events - October 1945

American carrier Franklin D Roosevelt

American carrier Franklin D Roosevelt
Axis Oct-45 Allied
japan flag Total Class Total USA flag british flag France flag soviet flag canada flag australia flag new zealand flag poland flag netherlands flag norway flag greece flag brazil flag yugo flag argentina flag peru flag turkey flag chile flag italy flag
0 0 Battleships 40 23 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
0 0 Fleet Carriers 20 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 Light Carriers 14 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 Heavy Cruisers 35 15 6 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
0 0 Light Cruisers 88 39 30 6 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8
4 4 Destroyers 639 369 136 13 49 15 11 0 4 2 4 5 5 2 14 2 6 7 17
1 1 Submarines 551 211 122 18 154 0 0 0 2 9 2 3 4 1 3 4 9 9 28
1 1 Escort Carriers 104 65 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
110 110 Escorts 1027 417 417 33 41 74 8 2 1 1 4 9 14 0 1 0 2 3 15
0 0 Other 69 48 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 0

 

 

Class columbia flag denmark flag sweden flag portugal flag spain flag thailand flag
Battleships 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fleet Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0
Light Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heavy Cruisers 0 0 0 0 1 0
Light Cruisers 0 0 1 0 5 0
Destroyers 2 0 24 5 16 8
Submarines 0 0 26 4 5 4
Escort Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0
Escorts 0 1 2 0 0 0
Other 0 0 7 0 0 3

 

 

Allied and Axis Naval Losses

Contains the lost and damaged (and therefore out of action) warships by country.
These are changes that happen during the month and figures will be reflected in the following month's tables.

Allied Losses

USA flagLost Report
Dorsey Minesweeper Wrecked on Okinawa Island during typhoon. ship was battered by 100 mile per hour winds 09/10/1945
Damaged Report
Waller Destroyer Damaged by Japanese mine at Shanghai. Ship suffered serious structural damage, 22 injured 08/10/1945
Greene Destroyer Grounded on Okinawa Island during typhoon. Winds of over 100 knots drove her aground NW coast of Kutaka 09/10/1945. Constructive total loss
O'Reilly Escort Destroyer Damaged striking reef entering Buckner Bay, Okinawa propeller & shafts damaged 23/10/1945
british flag Damaged Report
Saltburn Minesweeper Aground off Horse Sand Fort, in the Solent, NE of Island of Wight 26/10/1945. Constructive total loss
soviet flag Damaged Report
Kirov Cruiser Damaged by German magnetic mine whilst leaving Kronstadt 17/10/1945

 

Axis Losses

japan flag Lost Report
Kuri Destroyer Mined off Pusan, Korea 08/10/1945
Damaged Report
No. 102 Destroyer Recaptured when found in Japanese home waters 15/10/1945
CD 225 Escort Decommissioned 05/10/1945
Niizaki Minelayer Mined off Muroran 04/10/1945
Katoku Minelayer Auxiliary Decommissioned 05/10/1945
Kuroshima Minelayer Auxiliary Decommissioned 05/10/1945

 

Neutral Losses

No neutral losses this month

 

Commissioned - Details ships newly commissioned during the month.

Allied Commissioned

USA flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Franklin D. Roosevelt Fleet Carrier New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY Apr 1945 18 x 5"; 84 x 40 mm; 68 x 20 mm; 137 aircraft. 7.6"-2" 33 47387 4104
Brinkley Bass Destroyer Consolidated Steel Co, Orange, TX May 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Glennon Destroyer Bath Union Iron Works, Bath, ME Jul 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
John W Thomason Destroyer Bethlehem Steel Co, San Francisco, CA Sep 1944 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm;10 x 21" TT 0 36.5 2610 336
Richard B Anderson Destroyer Todd Co, Tacoma, WA Jul 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Stewart Destroyer William Cramp & Sons, Co, Philadelphia, PA Mar 1920 4 x 4"; 1 x 3"; 12 x 21" TT 35 1190 139
Stickell Destroyer Consolidated Steel Co, Orange, TX Jun 1945 6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT   36.8 2616 336
Point Cruz Escort Carrier Todd Co, Tacoma, WA Jun 1945 2 x 5"; 36 x 40 mm; 20 x 20 mm; 33 aircraft 0 19 10330 1066
Rendova Escort Carrier Todd Co, Tacoma, WA Dec 1944 2 x 5"; 36 x 40 mm; 20 x 20mm; 33 aircraft 0 19 10330 1066
Shea Destroyer Minelayer Bethlehem Steel Co, Staten Island, NY May 1944 6 x 5"; 8 x 20 mm; 120 mines 0 36.5 2610 336
british flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Perseus Light Carrier Vickers & Armstrong Ltd, Newcastle Mar 1944 24 x 1.6"; 37 Aircraft 25 18040 1300
Napier Destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding Co, Govan May 1940 6 x 4.7"; 4 x 1.6" pp; 10 x 21" TT 36 2384 218
Nepal Destroyer John I. Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton Dec 1941 6 x 4.7"; 4 x 1.6" pp; 10 x 21" TT 36 2384 218
Nizam Destroyer John Brown & Co, Ltd, Clydebank Jul 1940 6 x 4.7"; 4 x 1.6" pp; 10 x 21" TT 36 2384 218
Norman Destroyer John I. Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton Oct 1940 6 x 4.7"; 4 x 1.6" pp; 10 x 21" TT 36 2384 218
Solebay Destroyer Hawthorn & Leslie, Hebburn-on-Tyne Feb 1944 4 x 4.5"; 8 x 40 mm ; 8 x 21" TT 35.75 3300 247
Tremadoc Bay Frigate Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast Mar 1945 4 x 4"; 4 x 40 mm ; 2 x 20 mm; 1 x Hedgehog; 50 DC   19.5 2420 157
Pluto Minesweeper Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, ON Oct 1944 1 x 4"; 90 DC 16.5 1265 138
Polaris Minesweeper Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, ON Dec 1944 1 x 4"; 90 DC 16.5 1265 138
soviet flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
EK-25 Frigate Walter Butler Shipbuilding, Superior, WI Aug 1943 3 x 3"; 4 x 40 mm ; 9 x 20 mm; 1 Hedgehog; DC   20 1509 190
australia flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Quadrant Destroyer Hawthorn & Leslie Co, Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne Feb 1942 4 x 4.7"; 8 x 21" TT 0 36.75 1725 225
Queenborough Destroyer Swan Hunter, Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne Jan 1942 4 x 4.7"; 8 x 21" TT 0 36.75 1725 225
poland flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Rys Submarine Ate Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes Apr 1929 1 x 100 mm; 2 x 13.2 mm; 6 x 21.7" TT; 40 mines 14 980 54
Sep Submarine Rotterdam Dock Yard, Rotterdam Oct 1938 1 x 105 mm; 2 x 40 mm; 2 x 13.2 mm; 12 x 21.7" TT 20 1100 60
Zbik Submarine Chantiers de Navals Francais, Dunkirk Jun 1931 1 x 100 mm; 2 x 13.2 mm; 6 x 21.7" TT; 40 mines 14 980 54
netherlands flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Evertsen Destroyer Cammell Laird & Co, Ltd, Birkenhead Dec 1942 4 x 4.7"; 2 x 40 mm; 8 x 21" TT 36.75 1810 225
Kortenaer Destroyer Cammell Laird & Co, Ltd, Birkenhead Aug 1942 4 x 4.7"; 2 x 40 mm; 8 x 21" TT 36.75 1810 225
Piet Hein Destroyer Scotts' Shipbuilding Co, Greenock Mar 1943 4 x 4.7"; 2 x 40 mm; 8 x 21" TT 36.75 1810 225

 

Axis Commissioned

 

Neutral Commissioned

denmark flag Class Builder Launched Armament Armour Speed Tons Crew
Niels Danske Frigate Charles Hill, Bristol Dec 1943 2 x 4"; 1 x Hedgehog; 150 Mines   20 2180 140