During the World War five of the ships were destroyed, four by the Japanese and one by the Germans. The remaining ships were decommissioned after the war.
Suffered damage in the atomic bomb tests on Bikini Atoll, later decommissioned and sunk on April 18, 1948 by artillery fire as a target ship near Kwajalein .
Was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19 on September 15, 1942 , broke in two parts on October 19, 1942 and sank shortly afterwards on the way to the shipyard in Pearl Harbor.
Suffered damage in the atomic bomb tests on Bikini Atoll, later decommissioned. But was followed by scientists studying the effects of the two explosions for almost two more years. In July 1948 she was sunk as a target ship.
Was torpedoed by U 616 near Salerno on October 9, 1943. The torpedo hit the forecastle and detonated an ammunition chamber. It sank within four minutes, taking 150 men with it into the depths.
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