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Losses

Cutters Sunk By Enemy Action
Alexander Hamilton Sunk by U-132 on 30 January 1942
Acacia Sunk by U-161 on 15 march 1942
Muskeget Sunk by U-755 on 9 September 1942
Escanaba Sunk by either U-334 or U-388 on 13 June 1943
Other Cutters Lost
Natsek Lost without a trace off Greenland in January 1943
Wilcox Sank in gale 30 off Nags Head, NC September 1943
Dow Sank in gale off Puerto Rico 15 October 1943
Bodega Crushed in ice off Greenland 20 December 1943
Bedloe Sank in gale off Cape Hatteras 14 Septemder 1944
Jackson Sank in gale off Cape Hatteras 14 Septemder 1944
CG 83415 Sank in gale off France 21 June 1944
CG 83472 Sank in gale off France 21 June 1944
Coast Guard Manned Navy Ships Sunk By Enemy Action
LST 167 Lost at Vella La Vella, 15 August 1943
Leopold Sunk by U-255 on 9 March 1944
Menges Badly damaged on 3 May 1944 but salvaged
LCI 85 Lost at Normandy, 6 June 1944
LCI 91 Lost at Normandy, 6 June 1944
LCI 92 Lost at Normandy, 6 June 1944
LCI 93 Lost at Normandy, 6 June 1944
Serpens (AK) Exploded off Guadalcanal on 29 January 1945
198 KIA – largest single loss of Coastguardsmen
LST 203 Lost at Nanomea
Coast Guard Manned Army Ships Sunk By Enemy Action
FS 172 Lost at New Guinea
FS 255 Lost in the Philippines, 11 May 1945