CASUALTIES THAT WE WITNESSED - OR HEARD OF FROM OTHER SOURCES
DURING THE OKINAWA FRACAS

(In alphabetical order)

Date      Designation      USS           Details
4/12 DM-35 Aaron Ward Hit by 5 suicide planes
4/27 APDAPDHit by suicide plane
5/12 DD-470 Bache Damaged on bow by suicide plane.
4/10 DD-657 Badger Suicide boat attack - all engines out.
5/12DD-662 Benion Hit by suicide plane.
5/12DD-473 Bennet Hit by suicide plane.
3/28CL- Biloxi Crashed by one or more kamikaze
5/5 CL-62 Birmingham Damaged by kamikaze
4/26DD-666 Black Damage above main deck aft of bridge.
5/12DD-545 Bradford Hit by suicide plane
4/16DD-665 Bryant Crashed by plane — a probable.
4/6DD-529 Bush Sunk on RP #1 by kamikaze
4/06DD-802 Calhoun Crashed by kamikaze - Sunk
5/12DD-44 California Hit by suicide plane.
3/27DD- Callaghan Radar antenna knocked off by kamikaze
4/12DD-793 Cassin Young Crashed by suicide plane
4/28AH-6 Comfort Hospital ship - hit by kamikaze
4/16DD-547 Cowell Crashed by plane— a probable.
6/21AV-4 Curtis Sunk by suicide plane
4/28DD-519 Daly Heavy damage by suicide plane
6/23APD- Dickerson Bombed, hit by suicider and sunk.
6/11DM-31 Ditter Hit by plane. (Norris1 brother's ship)
6/11DD- Drexler Sunk by suicide plane
----—— Emmons — Sunk — (radio report)
5/12DD-552 Evans Hit by suicide plane.
6/21DD-777 Fellers Hit by suicide plane
5/12DD-734 Gainard Hole in hull beneath bridge
5/12DD-802 Gregory Hit by suicide plane.
5/05DD- Gwynn Slightly damaged
5/12DD-774 Hadley Hit by suicide plane.
3/27DD-584 Halligan Torpedoed - Sunk - 95 casualties
6/21DE-305 Halloran Sunk by suicide plane
5/12DD-585 Haraiden Underwater explosion — beached
5/12DD-532 Herman Hit by suicide plane.
4/06Ammo Ship Hobbs Victory Afire in port - went down later
4/16DMS-26 Hobson Crashed by plane— a probable.
6/21DMS-11 Hovey Hit by suicide plane.
5/12DD-475 Hudson Hit by suicide plane.
5/12DD-684 Hunt Hit by suicide plane.
5/12DD-476 Hutchins Hit by suicide plane.
4/22DD-520 Isherwood Kamikaze & depth chgrs. Blew on board
5/12DD-661 Kidd Hit by a baka bomb
3/26DD-521 Kimberly Crashed by suicide plane
---------- A large unknown vessel damaged by a suicide boat.
4/16DD-724 Laffey 2 near misses by bombs — rudder out.
4/26DD-481 Leutze Hole in port hull - near RP 5
4/26DM-532 Lindsey Took 2 kamikazes on her bow
5/12DD-804 Little Hit by a suicide planes
----Ammo Ship Logan Victory --- Sunk --- (radio report)
5/11DD- Longshaw Ran aground - Our ships sunk her later
5/12DD-522 Luce Hit by suicide plane.
5/12DMS-23 Macomb Hit by a suicide planes
3/27DD-534 McCord Torpedoed - beached - 90 crew saved
5/12DD-417 Morris Hit by suicide plane.
6/21  Morrison Sunk by suicide plane
4/12DD-773 M. L. Abele Sunk by kamikaze
3/28BB- Nevada Badly damaged - no details
4/76DD-586 Newcomb SC radar antenna gone
5/12BB- New Mexico Hit by a suicide planes
5/12APH- North Star Hit by suicide plane.
5/12DD-536 Owens Hit by suicide plane.
5/12DD-725 O'Brien Hit by 2 suicide planes
6/11DD-579 Porter Hit and sunk by suicide plane
----DD-477 Pringle — Sunk — (radio report)
5/12DD-561 Pritchett Hit by suicide plane.
6/23------ Purdy Hit by suicide plane
4/27DD-590 Ralph Talbot Damaged by suicide plane
5/12DM-23 Robt H Smith Hit by suicide plane.
4/22LCS-15 (see diary) Sunk near Wickes RP14-some crew resc.
5/17DM- 30 Shea Baka bomb hit
--------- Skylark — Sunk —(radio report)
4/26DD-577 Sproston Near bomb miss - dmg. CIC-(sister ship)
4/12DD-478 Stanley Took a baka bomb on bow - heavy damage
5/12DD407 Steret Hit by suicide plane.
5/1 CM- 5 Terror Minelayer damaged by kamikaze
4/28DD-591 Twiggs(1st hit) Damaged by suicide plane
6/21DD-591 Twiggs(2nd hit) Air launched torpedo & kamikaze sunk
4/28DD- Wadsworth Bridge hit by kamikaze
6/21AV-14 Whitney. Ken Sunk by suicide plane
----PGM- 18 ----- — Sunk — (radio report)
----LCI-82 ----- — Sunk — (radio report)
----LCT-876 ----- — Sunk — (radio report)
4/06APA- ----- Was hit by a torpedo, or struck a mine
4/06LSF-477 ----- Afire in port - went down later
4/12LSM-189 ----- Badly damaged
4/26DE-636 ----- Down at the bow.(only sighted-no report)
4/26DMS-28 ----- Damage on fantail, above deck.
----  Unidentified ship known as "Joe Gish"   Badly damaged
4/27(Liberty Ship) Sunk by suicide plane
4/06APA(Merchant ship)Afire-crashed by plane-right near us.
(visuals)
----- 3 small unidentified ships damage unknown
5/05DMS-21 -----Hit by 3 suicide planes
---- Unidentified small craft damaged
6/21APD-29 ----- Sunk by suicide plane-reported sinking

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