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This explosion tore much of the aft-end of the ship to shreds, and she quickly acquired a list to the starboard. At 20:07, the ship's island detached from the hull and slid into the water. Two hours after the dual kamikaze attacks, at 21:15, Bismarck Sea sank with the loss of 318 men, the last US Navy aircraft carrier to be lost during World ...
United States: Attack cargo ship Built as a type C2-S-AJ3 ship Damaged [97] 2 April 1945 26°21'N, 127°45'E Cressman, p 653 DANFS: USS Underhill United States: Destroyer escort Sunk [37] [98] 24 July 1945 off Luzon, 19°20'N, 126°42'E Cressman, p 719 DANFS: USS Vammen United States: Destroyer escort Damaged [22] [99] 1 April 1945
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...
Destroyer Air Attack, kamikaze above port waterline, bomb blew 14 37 4 May 45 *USS Luce: Destroyer Air Attack, 1st kamikaze bomb hit, 2nd kamikaze struck aft 149 94 4 May 45 *USS Morrison: Destroyer Air Attack, 1st kamikaze hit bridge, then 3 more hit 159 102 4 May 45 USS Shea: Destroyer Air Attack Ohka kamikaze thru starboard bridge 27 91 4 May 45
Navy 1945 United States: USS Twiggs – On 16 June, in the Battle of Okinawa, the US destroyer was attacked by a low-flying plane that dropped a torpedo which hit her port side exploding her number two magazine. The plane then circled and completed its kamikaze mission in a suicide crash.
USS Jarvis (DD-393), was a Bagley-class destroyer and the second of three United States Navy ships to be named after James C. Jarvis, a U.S. Navy midshipman who was killed at the age of 13 during the Quasi-War with France. She saw service in the Pacific during World War II and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal.
List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946, [1] sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of.
Berth B-22, Navy Yard Pearl Harbor Blue: DD-387 Undamaged Berth X-7 Helm: DD-388 Minor damage by two bomb near-misses Underway from berth X-7 just prior to attack, en route to deperming buoys at West Loch Mugford: DD-389 Undamaged moored port side to the Sacramento, in berth B-6, at the Navy Yard Ralph Talbot: DD-390 Undamaged