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List Of Ships Damaged By Kamikaze Attack
A number of Allied ships were damaged by ''kamikaze'' attacks during World War II. * USS ''Aaron Ward'' (DM-34) (May 1945) * USS ''Achernar'' (AKA-53) (April 1945) * USS ''Achilles'' (ARL-41) * USS ''Alpine'' (APA-92) * USS ''Ammen'' (DD-527) * USS ''Anthony'' (DD-515) * USS ''Apache'' (ATF-67) * * * USS ''Bache'' (DD-470) * USS ''Barry'' (DD-248) * USS ''Belknap'' (DD-251) * USS ''Belleau Wood'' (CVL-24) * USS ''Bennett'' (DD-473) * USS ''Birmingham'' (CL-62) * USS ''Bowers'' (DE-637) * USS ''Borie'' (DD-704) * USS ''Braine'' (DD-630) * USS ''Bright'' (DE-747) * USS ''Brooks'' (DD-232) * USS ''Bryant'' (DD-665) * USS ''Bullard'' (DD-660) * USS ''Bunker Hill'' (CV-17) * USS ''Butler'' (DD-636) * USS ''Cabot'' (CVL-28) * USS ''Caldwell'' (DD-605) * USS ''California'' (BB-44) * USS ''Callaway'' (APA-35) * USS ''Cassin Young'' (DD-793) * USS ''Champion'' (AM-314) * USS ''Chase'' (DE-158) * USS ''Claxton'' (DD-571) * USS ''Colorado'' (BB-45) * USS ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamikaze
, officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks. About 3,800 ''kamikaze'' pilots died during the war, and more than 7,000 naval personnel were killed by ''kamikaze'' attacks. ''Kamikaze'' aircraft were essentially pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft. Pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships in what was called a "body attack" (''tai-atari'') in aircraft loaded with bombs, torpedoes and or other explosives. About 19% of ''kamikaze'' attacks were successful. The Japanese considered the goal of damaging or sinking large numbers of Allied ships to be a just reason for suicide attacks; ''kamikaze'' was more accurate than conventional attacks and often cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Braine (DD-630)
USS ''Braine'' (DD-630), a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine (1829–1898), who served in the American Civil War. Constructed by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, the ship was launched on 7 March 1943 and commissioned on 11 May 1943. The destroyer took part in the United States' naval campaign in the South Pacific during World War II. Following the war, the vessel was decommissioned and placed in reserve. During the Korean War, ''Braine'' was recommissioned and operated in the Mediterranean Sea before being decommissioned for the final time by the United States Navy in 1971. The destroyer was sold to Argentina and renamed ARA ''Almirante Domecq Garcia'' after Admiral Manuel Domecq Garcia and served with the Argentinian Navy until disposed of as a target ship in 1983. Construction and career ''Braine'' was launched 7 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel L. Braine, wife of a grandson of Rear Admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Chase (DE-158)
USS ''Chase'' (DE-158/APD-54) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1946. History USS ''Chase'' was named in honor of Admiral Jehu V. Chase (1869–1937). She was launched 24 April 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. J. V. Chase ; and commissioned 18 July 1943. Battle of the Atlantic Between 14 September 1943 and 23 November 1944, ''Chase'' escorted six transatlantic convoys between New York and Norfolk, Virginia and North African ports. During her second such crossing, while approaching Bizerte on 20 April 1944, ''Chase'' fired on attacking enemy torpedo bombers, driving them off, then rescued swimming survivors from three torpedoed merchant ships. During the return passage, ''Chase'' joined in the search for the , which torpedoed on 5 May, and rescued 52 survivors of the sinking. ''Chase'' was converted to a ''Charles Lawrence''-class high speed transport, reclassified APD-54 on 24 November 1944, and with conversion com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Champion (AM-314)
The third USS ''Champion'' (BAM-1/AM-314/MSF-314) was an of the United States Navy. The ship was the first of 32 vessels of the ''Auk'' class ordered for transfer to Great Britain under Lend-Lease, and designated British Minesweeper HMS ''Akbar'' (BAM-1). Twelve of these ships were retained for service in the U.S. Navy. Launched on 12 December 1942 by General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California; redesignated USS ''Champion'' (AM-314) on 23 January 1943, and commissioned on 8 September 1943. World War II Pacific operations Clearing San Diego, California, 7 December 1943, ''Champion'' arrived at Pearl Harbor 13 December. Between 8 January and 4 March 1944, she was assigned the task of guarding vital shipping between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco, California. More direct support to frontline operations came from 18 March to 10 April, when she escorted two resupply convoys to Tarawa, after which she screened a convoy to Kwajalein from 19 April to 7 May in sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cassin Young (DD-793)
USS ''Cassin Young'' (DD-793) is a of the U.S. Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942. ''Cassin Young'' (DD-793) was launched 12 September 1943 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California; sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor Young; and commissioned on 31 December 1943. After serving in World War II, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Battle of Okinawa, ''Cassin Young'' was decommissioned, but was reactivated during the Korean War and continued in active service until 1960. She is preserved today as a memorial ship, berthed at Boston Navy Yard in Massachusetts, across from the . She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of only four surviving ''Fletcher''-class destroyers still afloat. The ''USS Cassin Young'' can now be visited seasonally free of charge in the Boston Navy Yard at Bost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Callaway (APA-35)
USS ''Callaway'' (APA-35) was a that served with the US Navy, and was manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Initially designated as a Navy Transport AP-80, ''Callaway'' was quickly re-designated as attack transport APA-35. The vessel was launched 10 October 1942 as ''Sea Mink'' by Western Pipe and Steel, San Francisco, California, under a Maritime Commission contract, acquired by the Navy 24 April 1943, and commissioned the same day. Operational history Kwajalein ''Callaway'' sailed from Norfolk, Virginia on 23 October 1943 to San Diego, California and trained with United States Marine Corps to prepare for the first of her five assault landings. Joining Task Force (TF) 53 at Lahaina Roads, Hawaii, ''Callaway'' sailed for Kwajalein, where she landed troops in the assault that overwhelmed the defenders on 31 January 1944. Emirau and Saipan After staging at Guadalcanal, ''Callaway'' proceeded combat loaded for the occupation of Emirau where her troops la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS California (BB-44)
USS ''California'' (BB-44) was the second of two s built for the United States Navy between her keel laying in October 1916 and her commissioning in August 1921. The ''Tennessee'' class was part of the standard series of twelve battleships built in the 1910s and 1920s, and were developments of the preceding . They were armed with a battery of twelve guns in four three-gun turrets. ''California'' served as the flagship of the Battle Fleet in the Pacific Ocean for the duration of her peacetime career. She spent the 1920s and 1930s participating in routine fleet training exercises, including the annual Fleet Problems, and cruises around the Americas and further abroad, such as a goodwill visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1925. ''California'' was moored in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked the port, bringing the United States into World War II. The ship was moderately damaged by a pair of torpedoes and a bomb, but a fire disabled the ship's electri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Caldwell (DD-605)
USS ''Caldwell'' (DD-605) was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for James R. Caldwell. ''Caldwell'' was launched 15 January 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss A. Caldwell; and commissioned 10 June 1942, Lieutenant Commander (United States), Lieutenant Commander J. F. Newman, Jr., in command. Service history On 11 September 1942, ''Caldwell'' turned her bow northward from San Francisco and joined the screen of an Aleutian Islands, Aleutians-bound convoy. For the next 9 months the destroyer battled foul weather as she shepherded shipping and cruised with TG 8.6 in unrewarded search for the enemy in Alaskan waters. Her guns pounded Attu twice in preparation for the assault which would recapture that American outpost. When soldiers of the 17th and 32d Infantry stormed ashore on 11 May 1943, they were covered to the southward by ''Caldwell'' and the other ships of TG 16.6. With Attu Island, Attu taken, the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cabot (CVL-28)
USS ''Cabot'' (CVL-28/AVT-3) was an light aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, the second ship to carry the name, after the explorer John Cabot. ''Cabot'' was commissioned in 1943 and served until 1947. She was recommissioned as a training carrier from 1948 to 1955. From 1967 to 1989, she served in Spain as . After attempts to preserve her failed, she was scrapped in 2002. USS ''Cabot'' was laid down as ''Wilmington'' (CL-79), a light cruiser, redesignated CV-28 on 2 June 1942, renamed ''Cabot'' on 23 June 1942 and converted while building. She was launched on 4 April 1943 by New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Read. She was reclassified CVL-28 on 15 July 1943 and commissioned on 24 July 1943, with Captain (naval), Captain Malcolm Francis Schoeffel in command. Service history United States World War II (1943-1945) ''Cabot'' sailed from Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island with Air Group 31 aboard, on 8 November 1943 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Butler (DD-636)
USS ''Butler'' (DD-636), a , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, twice awarded the Medal of Honor. ''Butler'' was launched on 12 February 1942 by Philadelphia Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. John Wehle, daughter of General Butler; and commissioned on 15 August 1942. Service history After undergoing shakedown trials, ''Butler'' engaged in escort work in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. On 14 January 1943, she departed on a trans-Atlantic voyage to Casablanca and thence to Dakar, French West Africa. From there she escorted two Free French vessels, ''Richelieu'' and ''Montcalm'', to New York. After overhaul in New York and coastwise convoy escort work she set sail for the Mediterranean on 8 June. Following training exercises at Oran and Algiers, she proceeded to Bizerte whence she departed in July for the Allied invasion of Sicily from 9 July to 12 August. She took part in the Amphibious Battle of Gela and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
USS ''Bunker Hill'' (CV/CVA/CVS-17, AVT-9) was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War. Commissioned in May 1943 and sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations, the ship participated in battles in the Southwest Pacific, Central Pacific and the drive toward Japan through Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and air raids on the Japanese homeland. While covering the invasion of Okinawa, ''Bunker Hill'' was struck by two kamikazes in quick succession, setting the vessel on fire. Casualties exceeded 600, including 352 confirmed dead and an additional 41 missing, with 264 wounded. These were the second heaviest personnel losses suffered by any carrier to survive the war, after . After the attack, ''Bunker Hill'' returned to the U.S. mainland and was still under repair when hostilities ended. After the war, ''Bunker Hill'' was employed as a troop transport bringing American service members back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Bullard (DD-660)
USS ''Bullard'' (DD-660) was a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral William H. G. Bullard (1866–1927). ''Bullard'' was launched 28 February 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J., sponsored by Mrs. H. G. Bullard, widow of Rear Admiral Bullard; and commissioned 9 April 1943. Service history After conducting brief operations along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean, ''Bullard'' proceeded to the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor 29 August 1943. With the exception of one voyage to California (10 September 1944 – 18 February 1945) she operated constantly in forward areas of the Pacific rendering fire support, plane guard, patrol, and radar picket services. She participated in * the Wake Island raid (5–6 October 1943); * Rabaul strike (11 November); * the invasion of Tarawa (19 November – 1 December); * the occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls (22 January – March 1944); * Admiralty Islands land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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