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===Vessels of the Asiatic Fleet and the 16th Naval District: 8 December 1941===
The Asiatic Fleet and the [[16th Naval District]] possessed:<ref>{{cite web|first =David X.|last=Wright|title=United States Asiatic Fleet Order of Battle, December 1941 |url=http://www.asiaticfleet.com/orbat.htm|website= The United States Asiatic Fleet|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>

(Losses noted below were during the [[Philippines campaign (1941-42)]] and the [[Dutch East Indies campaign]])

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*1 [[heavy cruiser]]
**{{USS|Houston|CA-30|2}} (lost 1 March 1942)
*1 [[light cruiser]]
**{{USS|Marblehead|CL-12|2}} (heavily damaged 2 February 1942)
*13 {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}}s:
**{{USS|Paul Jones|DD-230|2}}
**{{USS|John D. Edwards|DD-216|2}}
**{{USS|Alden|DD-211|2}}
**{{USS|Whipple|DD-217|2}}
**{{USS|Edsall|DD-219|2}} (lost 1 March 1942)
**{{USS|Stewart|DD-224|2}} (lost 2 March 1942)
**{{USS|Barker|DD-213|2}}
**{{USS|Parrott|DD-218|2}}
**{{USS|Bulmer|DD-222|2}}
**{{USS|John D. Ford|DD-228|2}}
**{{USS|Pope|DD-225|2}} (lost 1 March 1942)
**{{USS|Peary|DD-226|2}} (lost 19 February 1942)
**{{USS|Pillsbury|DD-227|2}} (lost 2 March 1942)
*1 [[destroyer tender]]
**{{USS|Black Hawk|AD-9|2}}
*2 [[gunboat|coastal gunboat]]s:
**{{USS|Asheville|PG-21|2}} (lost 3 March 1942)
**{{USS|Tulsa|PG-22|2}}
*5 [[river gunboat]]s:
**{{USS|Oahu|PR-6|2}} (lost 5 May 1942)
**{{USS|Luzon|PR-7|2}} (lost 6 May 1942)
**{{USS|Mindanao|PR-8|2}} (lost 2 May 1942)
**{{USS|Tutuila|PR-4|2}}
**{{USS|Wake|PR-3|2}} (captured 8 December 1941)
*4 patrol [[yacht]]s 
**{{USS|Isabel|PY-10|2}}
**''[[Maryann (yacht)|Maryann]]'' (lost 5 May 1942)
**''[[Fisheries II]]'' (lost 5 May 1942)
**''Perry''<ref name=Williams>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jZbDwAAQBAJ&q=tug+ranger&pg=PR58|first=Greg H. |last=Williams|title=The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet: The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941-February 5, 1942|pages=50 |publisher= McFarland|date=11 May 2018|isbn=9781476672489}}</ref>
*29 [[submarine]]s:
**{{USS|Porpoise|SS-172|2}}
**{{USS|Pike|SS-173|2}}
**{{USS|Shark|SS-174|2}} (lost 11 February 1942)
**{{USS|Tarpon|SS-175|2}}
**{{USS|Perch|SS-176|2}} (lost 3 March 1942)
**{{USS|Pickerel|SS-177|2}}
**{{USS|Permit|SS-178|2}}
**{{USS|Salmon|SS-182|2}}
**{{USS|Seal|SS-183|2}}
**{{USS|Skipjack|SS-184|2}}
**{{USS|Sargo|SS-188|2}}
**{{USS|Saury|SS-189|2}}
**{{USS|Spearfish|SS-190|2}}
**{{USS|Snapper|SS-185|2}}
**{{USS|Stingray|SS-186|2}}
**{{USS|Sturgeon|SS-187|2}}
**{{USS|Sculpin|SS-191|2}}
**{{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|2}}
**{{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|2}}
**{{USS|S-36|SS-141|2}} (lost 21 January 1942)
**{{USS|S-37|SS-142|2}}
**{{USS|S-38|SS-143|2}}
**{{USS|S-39|SS-144|2}}
**{{USS|S-40|SS-145|2}}
**{{USS|S-41|SS-146|2}}
**{{USS|Seadragon|SS-194|2}}
**{{USS|Sealion|SS-195|2}} (lost 25 December 1941)
**{{USS|Searaven|SS-196|2}}
**{{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|2}}<ref>Blair, p.82fn2.</ref>
*1 submarine rescue vessel
**{{USS|Pigeon|ASR-6|2}} (lost 4 May 1942)
*3 submarine tenders:
**{{USS|Holland|AS-3|2}}
**{{USS|Canopus|AS-9|2}} (lost 10 April 1942)
**{{USS|Otus|ARG-20|2}} 
*6 [[minesweeper]]s:
**{{USS|Finch|AM-9|2}} (lost 10 April 1942)
**{{USS|Bittern|AM-36|2}} (lost 10 December 1941)
**{{USS|Tanager|AM-5|2}} (lost 4 May 1942)
**{{USS|Quail|AM-15|2}} (lost 5 May 1942)
**{{USS|Lark|AM-21|2}}
**{{USS|Whippoorwill|AM-35|2}}
*4 [[seaplane tender]]s:
**{{USS|Langley|AV-3|2}} (lost 27 February 1942)
**{{USS|Childs|AVD-1|2}}
**{{USS|William B. Preston|AVD-7|2}}
**{{USS|Heron|AVP-2|2}} in support of Patrol Wing 10 (VP 101 and VP 102) with 28 [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY-4]] [[flying boat]]s
*1 Yard patrol craft
**''[[USS YP-97 (1941)|YP-97]]'' (lost March 1942)
*6 motor [[torpedo boat]]s ([[Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three]])
**''PT-31'' (lost 20 January 1942)
**''PT-32'' (lost 13 March 1942)
**''PT-33'' (lost 15 December 1941)
**''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-34|PT-34]]'' (lost 9 April 1942)
**''PT-35'' (lost 12 April 1942)
**''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-41|PT-41]]'' (lost 15 April 1942)
*2 [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]]s:
**{{USS|Pecos|AO-6|2}} (lost 1 March 1942)
**{{USS|Trinity|AO-13|2}}
*4 ocean-going [[tugboat]]s
**{{USS|Napa|AT-32|2}} (lost 9 April 1942)
**{{USS|Genesee|AT-55|2}} (lost 5 May 1942)
**''[[Ranger (1940)|Ranger]]'', commandeered by US Navy (lost 28 February 1942)<ref name=Williams/>
**''[[Trabajador (1931)|Trabajador]]'', commandeered by US Navy (lost 2 May 1942)
*3 auxiliary yard ships<ref name=shipscribe>{{Cite web|first=Stephen S.|last= Roberts |title= Small YAG's acquired July-December 1941  |website=shipscribe.com|date= 15 November 2008|url=http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/YAG/YAG02.html  |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
**''[[USS YAG-2|YAG-2]]'' (lost 10 December 1941)
**''[[USS YAG-3|YAG-3]]'' (lost May 1942)
**''[[USS YAG-4|YAG-4]]'' (lost 12 April 1942)
*1 two-masted [[schooner]] 
**{{USS|Lanikai||2}}
*1 [[floating dry dock]] 
**''[[USS Dewey (YFD-1)|Dewey]]'' (lost 8 April 1942)
*4 [[Harbor tug]]s
**[[USS Banaag (YT-104)|''Banaag'']] (lost 25 December 1941)
**[[USS Iona (YT-107)|''Iona'']] (lost January 1942)
**[[USS Mercedes (YT-108)|''Mercedes'']] (lost 2 January 1942)
**''Vaga''
*8 ferryboats and launches
**''Camia'' (YFB-683) 
** [[USS Dapdap (YFB-684)|''Dapdap'']] (lost 2 January 1942)
**''Magdalena'' (YFB-687)
**''Rivera'' (YFB-685)
**''Rosal'' (YFB-682)
**[[USS San Felipe (YFB-12)|''San Felipe'']] (lost 6 May 1942)
**''Santa Rita'' (YFB-681)
** [[USS Yacal (YFB-688)|''Yacal'']] (lost 2 January 1942)
*various other small ships

US government / [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]] ships
*3 survey ships
**[[USC&GS Fathomer (1904)|USC&GS ''Fathomer'']] (lost April 1942)
**[[USC&GSS Pathfinder (1899–1941)|USC&GSS ''Pathfinder'']] (lost 30 January 1942)
**USC&GSS ''Research'' (damaged and beached on 30 December 1941)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4112-39DEC02.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1941, Part 2 of 2, Monday 15th – Wednesday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=19 December 2011}}</ref>
*2 customs inspection and enforcement cutters
**[[Japanese patrol boat No. 105 (1931)|''Arayat'']] (lost 27 December 1941)
**''Mindoro''
*2 lighthouse tenders
**[[USLHT Canlaon (1930)|USLHT ''Canlaon'']] (lost 27 December 1941)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII/page/n133/mode/2up|first=Robert J.|last=Cressman|title=The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II|pages= |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]]|date=15 October 2016|isbn=978-1591146384}}</ref> 
**[[USLHT Banahao (1930)|USLHT ''Banahao'']] (lost 28 December 1941)<ref name=NH014212>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-41JAN01.htm |title=Naval Events, January 1942, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=25 December 2011}}</ref>
*Presidential yacht
**[[BRP Banahaw (1908)|BRP ''Banahaw'']] (lost 29 December 1941)

[[U.S. Army Mine Planter Service]] ships
*2 [[mine planter]]s 
**[[List of ships of the United States Army#Mine Planters|USAMP]] ''Col. George F. E. Harrison''<ref name=Gordon>{{cite book|url=|first=John|last=Gordon|title=Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines |pages= 120–121|publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]]|date=15 February 2017|isbn=978-1682471869|quote=}}</ref> 
**[[List of ships of the United States Army#Mine Planters|USAJMP]] ''Neptune''<ref name=Gordon/>

[[United States Army Forces in the Far East]] ships
*2 transports
**''General Miley''<ref name=Gordon/>
**[[USAT General John McE. Hyde|USAT ''General John McE. Hyde'']] (lost 26 December 1941)<ref name=Gordon/>
*2 chartered transports
**USHB ''Mambukal''<ref name=Report>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Report of the Army Transport Services Actives in the Philippine Islands from 8 December 1941 to 6 May 1942  |website=Philippine Archives Collection|date= 8 March 1946|url= http://collections.pvao.mil.ph/Collections/Phase2/Invasion_and_Surrender/Box_9/1375832.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=6–9}}</ref>
**USHB ''Neptune''<ref name=Report/>

The [[Offshore Patrol]] (technically part of the [[United States Army Forces in the Far East]])
*3 torpedo boats<ref>{{Cite web|title= The Philippine Navy |website=[[De La Salle University]]|url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ms-2.pdf  }}</ref>
**''[[Patrol torpedo boat Q-111 Luzon|Q-111 Luzon]]'' (lost 9 April 1942)
**''[[Patrol torpedo boat Q-112 Abra|Q-112 Abra]]'' (lost 9 April 1942)
**''Q-113 Agusan''
*2 gunboats (converted motor launches)
**''Q-114 Danday''<ref>{{Cite web|website= The Bataan Campaign  |title=They Were Expendable Too: The Torpedo Boats of the Off-Shore Patrol |date=22 February 2014 |url=https://bataancampaign.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/they-were-expendable-too-the-torpedo-boats-of-the-off-shore-patrol/ }}</ref>
**[[BRP Banahaw (1908)#History of her launch Baler|''Q-115 Baler'']] (lost 29 December 1941)

Civilian ships present
*MV ''Aloha''
*''Anakan''<ref name=Madrigal>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Memorandum: On the Commercial Activity of Mr. Vicente Madrigal before and at the Outbreak of the War in December 1941, and during the Japanese Occupation in January 1942 until February 1945   |website=Philippine Archives Collection|date= |pages=11–15|url= http://collections.pvao.mil.ph/Collections/MacArthurMicrofilms/RG_16/R-338/CIVIL_AFFAIRS_JAN_1944-FEB_1947.PDF |accessdate=|via=}}</ref>
*SS ''Bicol''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*''Bisayas''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*[[SS Capillo|SS ''Capillo'']] (lost 29 December 1941)
*SS ''Don Jose''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*MV ''Ethel Edwards''
*[[HMS Engadine (1911)|SS ''Corregidor'']] (lost 17 December 1941)
*''Henry Keswick'' (British tugboat later commandeered by the U.S. Army)<ref name=Gordon/>
*''Lanao''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*''LaTouche''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*SS ''Magallanes''
*''Marinduque''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*SS ''Mauban''
*SS ''Manatawny''
*SS ''Montanes'' 
*SS [[HMAS Koolonga|''Paz'']]<ref name=Madrigal/> (sunk 26 December 1941)
*[[USS Rochambeau (AP-63)|SS ''Marechal Joffre'']]
*[[USS Pompey (AF-5)|SS ''Samal'']] (lost 29 December 1941)
*MV ''Si-Kiang''
*''Sagoland''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*''Tamaraw''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*SS ''Taurus''<ref name=Madrigal/>
*SS [[Vizcaya (1890)|''Vizcaya'']] (scuttled December 1941)<ref name=Madrigal/>

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