Japan & USN:
JMSDF destroyer Takanami (DD-110), front, sails alongside the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) March 9, 2014, in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chris Cavagnaro/Released)
USN, RAN:
HMAS Warramunga (FFH-152) engages ex-USS New Orleans (LPH-11), 10 July 2010, with her 5-inch gun during a surface engagement as part of Rim of the Pacific Exercise RIMPAC 2010. E x-New Orleans was eventually sunk by USS McClusky (FFG-41), USS Freedom (LCS-1) and other ships during RIMPAC 2010. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve interoperability. Australian Defense Forces photo and US Navy photos
The ship first sustained direct hits by at least seven Harpoon missiles. After the Harpoon strikes, B-52s from 2d Bomb Wing and 5th Bomb Wing dropped five 2000-pound GBU-10 precision bombs. As the ship began to list, a joint force of the five participating nations – United States, Japan, Australia, Canada and France - struck the ship with the majority hitting above the water line. The most damage came from the Australian HMAS Warramunga (FFH 152) who hit with three of the seven Harpoon and over 70 five-inch shells. New Orleans rolled on her side and sank at about 6:15 pm 70 miles north-west of Kauai.
Imperial Austro-Hungary:
Austro-Hungarian postcard celebrating the sinking of the Italian requisitioned steamer Principe Umberto by the submarine U-5, 8 June 1916; of the 2821 men onboard, 1926 died, in the most lethal submarine attack of World War I
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