I heard MOST of the Japanese fleet that bombed Pearl Harbor were destroyed by the US naval fleet on their return. Is there any info on this?

by partybenson
TheSorge

Of the 22 ships, 21 were sunk. The sole survivor was the destroyer Ushio.

Carriers:

-Akagi: Scuttled after being crippled by aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Midway on 5 June 1942

-Kaga: Scuttled after being crippled by aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942

-Sōryū: Scuttled after being crippled by aircraft from USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942

-Hiryū: Scuttled after being crippled by aircraft from USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Midway on 5 June 1942

-Shōkaku: Sunk by USS Cavalla (SS-244) during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on 19 June 1944

-Zuikaku: Sunk by US carrier aircraft during the Battle Off Cape Engaño on 25 October 1944

Battleships:

-Hiei: Scuttled after being crippled by US cruisers, destroyers, land-based aircraft, and aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942

-Kirishima: Sunk after sustaining fatal damage from USS Washington (BB-56) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942

Heavy Cruisers:

-Tone: Sunk by US carrier aircraft during a raid on Kure on 24 July 1945

-Chikuma: Sunk by US carrier aircraft following the Battle Off Samar on 25 October 1944

Light Cruisers:

-Abukuma: Sunk by USAAF bombers following the Battle of Surigao Strait on 26 October 1944

Destroyers:

-Sazanami: Sunk by USS Albacore (SS-218) on 14 January 1944

-Ushio: Survived the war, scrapped on 4 August 1948

-Arare: Sunk by USS Growler (SS-215) on 5 July 1942

-Kasumi: Scuttled after being crippled by US carrier aircraft during Operation Ten-Go on 7 April 1945

-Kagerō: Sunk by US land-based aircraft after striking a mine on 8 May 1943

-Shiranui: Sunk by aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6) following the Battle of Surigao Strait on 27 October 1944

-Urakaze: Sunk by USS Sealion (SS-315) on 21 November 1944

-Isokaze: Scuttled after being crippled by US carrier aircraft during Operation Ten-Go on 7 April 1945

-Hamakaze: Sunk by US carrier aircraft during Operation Ten-Go on 7 April 1945

-Tanikaze: Sunk by USS Harder (SS-257) on 9 June 1944

-Akigumo: Sunk by USS Redfin (SS-272) on 11 April 1944