Allied Naval vessels damaged and sunk by Japanese forces at Okinawa, primarily kamikazes, 19 March – 30 July 1945
[8]
|
Day
|
Ship
|
Type
|
Cause
|
Killed
|
Wounded
|
19 Mar 45
|
USS Franklin
|
Carrier
|
Air Attack, two 550 lb. bombs thru to hangar deck
|
724
|
265
|
19 Mar 45
|
USS Wasp
|
Carrier
|
Air Attack, bomb thru flight & hangar decks
|
101
|
269
|
20 Mar 45
|
USS Halsey Powell
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
12
|
29
|
26 Mar 45
|
*
USS Halligan
|
Destroyer
|
Mine, 3 miles SE of
Maye Shima, exploded 2 forward magazines, bow blown off
[9]
|
153
|
39
|
26 Mar 45
|
USS Kimberly
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
4
|
57
|
26 Mar 45
|
USS Nevada
|
Battleship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
11
|
49
|
26 Mar 45
|
USS Biloxi
|
Light Cruiser
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
0
|
0
|
27 Mar 45
|
USS Murray
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, bomb
|
1
|
116
|
27 Mar 45
|
USS O'Brian
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, Val kamikaze w/bomb
|
50
|
76
|
28 Mar 45
|
*
USS Skylark
|
Small Minesweeper
|
Mine, struck mines twice off
Hagushi beaches, 1st amidships
|
5
|
25
|
28 Mar 45
|
USS LSM(R)-188
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack by single kamikaze
|
15
|
32
|
29 Mar 45
|
USS Wyandot
|
Attack Cargo Ship
|
Mine, possibly bomb
|
0
|
1
|
31 Mar 45
|
USS Indianapolis
|
Cruiser
|
Air Attack, bomb thru fuel tanks
|
9
|
20
|
1 Apr 45
|
USS Adams
|
Destroyer Minelayer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze w/bombs to fantail
|
0
|
0
|
1 Apr 45
|
USS Alpine
|
Attack Transport
|
Air Attack, bomb and kamikaze
|
16
|
27
|
1 Apr 45
|
USS Hinsdale
|
Attack Transport
|
Air Attack, kamikaze w/bombs hit waterline
|
16
|
39
|
1 Apr 45
|
#
USS LST-884
|
Tank Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze, scuttled May 6
|
24
|
21
|
2 Apr 45
|
*
USS Dickerson
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
Nick crashed bridge, towed, scuttled
[10]
|
54
|
23
|
2 Apr 45
|
USS Goodhue
|
Attack Transport
|
Air Attack, kamikaze aimed at bridge glanced mainmast, hit cargo boom, gun tubs, over side
[11]
|
24
|
119
|
2 Apr 45
|
USS Henrico
|
Attack Transport
|
Air Attack, kamikaze w/bombs hit bridge
|
49
|
125
|
2 Apr 45
|
USS Achernar
|
Attack Cargo Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze w/bomb hit starboard
|
5
|
41
|
3 Apr 45
|
USS Wake Island
|
Escort Carrier
|
Air Attack, kamikaze blew below waterline
|
0
|
0
|
3 Apr 45
|
USS Pritchett
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, 500 lb bomb
|
0
|
0
|
3 Apr 45
|
USS Foreman
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, bomb passed thru her bottom, exploded below
|
0
|
3
|
3 Apr 45
|
USS LST-599
|
Tank Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze thru main deck, fires
[11]
|
0
|
21
|
3 Apr 45
|
#USS LCT-876
|
Landing Craft Tank
|
Air Attack
|
0
|
2
|
4 Apr 45
|
*USS LCI(G)-82
[12]
|
Landing Craft, Infantry
|
Suicide Boat
|
8
|
11
|
5 Apr 45
|
USS Nevada
|
Battleship
|
Coastal Battery
|
2
|
16
|
6 Apr 45
|
*
USS Bush
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, 3 kamikaze hits 2 between stacks, blew forward engine room, broke in half
[13]
|
94
|
32
|
6 Apr 45
|
*
USS Colhoun
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, 4 kamikaze hits, bombs blew forward, & aft fire rooms at waterline
[13]
|
35
|
21
|
6 Apr 45
|
USS Howorth
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze struck superstructure, fires put out
[14]
|
9
|
14
|
6 Apr 45
|
USS Hyman
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze Hampton hit torpedo tubes twixt stacks
[15]
|
10
|
40
|
6 Apr 45
|
#
USS Leutze
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze blew at fantail, bad flooding
[16]
|
7
|
34
|
6 Apr 45
|
#
USS Morris
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack,
Kate kamikaze portside
|
0
|
5
|
6 Apr 45
|
USS Mulaney
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit depth charges
|
13
|
45
|
6 Apr 45
|
#
USS Newcomb
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, multiple kamikazes
|
40
|
24
|
6 Apr 45
|
USS Haynsworth
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
7
|
25
|
6 Apr 45
|
#
USS Witter
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Starboard waterline kamikaze
|
0
|
5
|
6 Apr 45
|
USS Fieberling
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze near miss
|
6
|
6
|
6 Apr 45
|
*
USS Emmons
|
Destroyer Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, 5 kamikaze hits, scuttled 7 April
|
64
|
71
|
6 Apr 45
|
USS Rodman
|
Destroyer Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, 4 kamikaze hits
|
16
|
20
|
6 Apr 45
|
USS Defense
|
Small Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, two kamikaze strikes
|
0
|
9
|
6 Apr 45
|
*
USS LST-447
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit close above waterline, bomb blew
|
5
|
17
|
6 Apr 45
|
*
SS Hobbs Victory
|
Small Cargo
|
Air Attack, kamikaze struck port, flames ignited ammunition
|
15
|
3
|
6 Apr 45
|
*
SS Logan Victory
|
Small Cargo
|
Air Attack, kamikaze struck superstructure, flames ignited ammunition
|
16
|
11
|
7 Apr 45
|
USS Hancock
|
Carrier
|
Air Attack, cartwheeling kamikaze
|
72
|
82
|
7 Apr 45
|
USS Maryland
|
Battleship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard
|
16
|
37
|
7 Apr 45
|
USS Bennett
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit engine room
|
3
|
18
|
7 Apr 45
|
USS Wesson
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze starboard
|
8
|
23
|
7 Apr 45
|
*
USS PGM-18
|
Small Gunboat
|
Mine, powerful explosion
|
14
|
14
|
7 Apr 45
|
*YMS-103
|
Small Minesweeper
|
Mine, struck two mines, blowing off her bow and
stem rescuing PGM-18
[17]
[18]
|
5
|
0
|
8 Apr 1945
|
USS Gregory
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, port kamikaze amidships near waterline
|
0
|
2
|
8 Apr 45
|
USS YMS-92
|
Small Sweeper
|
Air Attack
|
0
|
0
|
9 Apr 45
|
USS Charles J. Badger
|
Destroyer
|
Suicide Boat threw depth charge or mine
[19]
|
0
|
0
|
9 Apr 45
|
USS Sterett
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard at waterline
|
0
|
9
|
9 Apr 45
|
USS Hopping
|
Destroyer Transport
|
Coastal Battery, damaging hits off
Buckner Bay
|
2
|
18
|
11 Apr 45
|
USS Kidd
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
38
|
55
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS Tennessee
|
Battleship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit signal bridge
|
25
|
104
|
12 Apr 45
|
*
USS Mannert L. Abele
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
79
|
35
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS Purdy
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, splashed kamikaze bomb skidded in
|
13
|
27
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS Cassin Young
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit foremast
|
1
|
59
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS Zellars
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze crashed port, bomb blew
|
29
|
37
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS Rall
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze starboard aft, bomb blew
|
21
|
38
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS Whitehurst
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, kamikaze w/bomb crashed pilot house
|
37
|
37
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS Lindsey
|
Destroyer Minelayer
|
Air Attack, 2 kamikaze
Val strikes
|
56
|
51
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS LSM(R)-189
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
0
|
4
|
12 Apr 45
|
*USS LCS(L)-33
|
Landing Craft
|
Air Attack, kamikaze Val amidships
|
4
|
29
|
12 Apr 45
|
USS LCS(L)-57
|
Landing Craft
|
Air Attack, 3 kamikaze strikes
|
2
|
6
|
14 Apr 45
|
USS Sigsbee
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze damaged port engine
|
4
|
74
|
16 Apr 45
|
USS Intrepid
|
Carrier
|
Air Attack, kamikaze crashed deck, fires put out
|
10
|
87
|
16 Apr 45
|
USS Bryant
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze to bridge, w/explosion
|
34
|
33
|
16 Apr 45
|
USS Laffey
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, multiple kamikaze hits
|
31
|
72
|
16 Apr 45
|
*
USS Pringle
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze Val hit abaft stack No. 1, explosion, broke in half
|
65
|
110
|
16 Apr 45
|
USS Bowers
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, kamikaze to bridge, bomb hit pilot house
|
48
|
56
|
16 Apr 45
|
#
USS Harding
|
Destroyer Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, kamikaze struck side near bridge
|
22
|
10
|
16 Apr 45
|
USS Hobson
|
Destroyer Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, near miss kamikaze's bomb veered in
|
4
|
8
|
16 Apr 45
|
USS LCS(L)-116
|
Landing Craft
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit aft gun mount
|
12
|
12
|
18 Apr 45
|
USS LSM-28
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack
|
0
|
0
|
22 Apr 45
|
USS Isherwood
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze w/bomb crashed gun mount
|
42
|
41
|
22 Apr 45
|
*
USS Swallow
|
Small Sweeper
|
Air attack, bad kamikaze hit flooded her, 3 mins sunk
|
2
|
9
|
22 Apr 45
|
USS LCS(L)-15
|
Landing Craft
|
Air Attack
|
15
|
11
|
27 Apr 45
|
#
USS Hutchins
|
Destroyer
|
Suicide Boat explosive blew close
|
0
|
0
|
27 Apr 45
|
#
USS Rathburne
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit port bow waterline
|
0
|
0
|
27 Apr 45
|
*
SS Canada Victory
|
Small Cargo
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit stern, lit ammo, sunk 10 mins
|
12
|
27
|
28 Apr 45
|
USS Pinkney
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit aft of superstructure, lit ammo
|
35
|
12
|
28 Apr 45
|
USS Comfort
|
Hospital Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze thru 3 decks to surgery
|
30
|
48
|
29 Apr 45
|
#
USS Haggard
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze went thru hull, blew engine room
|
11
|
40
|
29 Apr 45
|
USS Hazelwood
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
Zero hit port bridge
|
46
|
26
|
29 Apr 45
|
#USS LCS(L)-37
|
Landing Craft
|
Suicide Boat
|
0
|
4
|
30 Apr 45
|
USS Terror
|
Minelayer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze blew thru main deck
|
48
|
123
|
3 May 45
|
*
USS Little
|
Destroyer
|
Air attack, 5 kamikaze strikes
|
30
|
79
|
3 May 45
|
#
USS Aaron Ward
|
Destroyer Minelayer
|
Air Attack; 3 kamikaze hits and bomb frags
|
45
|
49
|
3 May 45
|
USS Macomb
|
Destroyer Minelayer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
7
|
14
|
3 May 45
|
*
USS LSM(R)-195
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit rockets, sunk
|
8
|
16
|
4 May 45
|
USS Hopkins
|
Destroyer Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, glancing blow by burning kamikaze
|
0
|
1
|
4 May 45
|
#
USS Sangamon
|
Escort Carrier
|
Air Attack, kamikaze & bomb blew thru flight deck
|
46
|
116
|
4 May 45
|
USS Birmingham
|
Light Cruiser
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit forward
|
51
|
81
|
4 May 45
|
USS Ingraham
|
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
|
USS Carina
|
Cargo Ship
|
Suicide Boat ramming caused explosion
|
0
|
6
|
4 May 45
|
*
USS LSM(R)-190
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze set off her rockets
|
13
|
18
|
4 May 45
|
*
USS LSM(R)-194
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack
|
13
|
23
|
9 May 45
|
#
USS England
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze dive bomber
|
35
|
27
|
9 May 45
|
#
USS Oberrender
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard gun mount, bomb thru main deck
|
8
|
53
|
11 May 45
|
USS Bunker Hill
|
Carrier
|
Air Attack, 3 kamikaze hits with bombs thru flight deck
|
396
|
264
|
11 May 45
|
#
USS Hugh W. Hadley
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, Aft bomb, an
Ohka, and 2 more kamikazes struck
|
28
|
67
|
11 May 45
|
#
USS Evans
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, Struck by 4 kamikazes, fires put out
|
30
|
29
|
11 May 45
|
USS LCS(L)-88
|
Landing Craft
|
Air Attack
|
7
|
9
|
13 May 45
|
USS Enterprise
|
Fast Carrier
|
Air Attack, 2 kamikazes, struck port, & under starboard bow
|
13
|
68
|
13 May 45
|
USS Bache
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit, bomb exploded amidships just above main deck
|
41
|
32
|
13 May 45
|
USS Bright
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, kamikaze Zero hit fantail, bomb exploded
|
0
|
2
|
17 May 45
|
USS Douglas H. Fox
|
Destroyer
|
2 kamikaze strikes, one to forward gun mounts, one to fantail
|
9
|
35
|
18 May 45
|
*
USS Longshaw
|
Destroyer
|
Coastal Battery, 4 hits, one ignited magazine, blew off bow back to bridge
[20]
|
86
|
97
|
18 May 45
|
*USS LST-808
|
Landing Ship Tank
|
Air Attack
|
11
|
11
|
20 May 45
|
#
USS Chase
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, Splashed kamikaze skidded in, bombs opened hull, w/flooding
|
0
|
35
|
20 May 45
|
#
USS Thatcher
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
Oscar struck aft of bridge, large hole
|
14
|
53
|
20 May 45
|
#
USS John C. Butler
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit to mast and antennas
|
0
|
0
|
25 May 45
|
USS Stormes
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, crashed aft torpedo mount, bomb blew large hole, flooded aft
|
21
|
6
|
25 May 45
|
USS O'Neill
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
0
|
16
|
25 May 45
|
USS Butler
|
Destroyer Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, kamikaze bombs exploded under keel
|
0
|
15
|
25 May 45
|
#
USS Spectacle
|
Small Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, kamikaze crashed port gun tub causing fires
|
29
|
6
|
25 May 45
|
*
USS Barry
|
Destroyer Transport
|
Air Attack, kamikaze badly crashed starboard side, fires, abandoned
|
0
|
30
|
25 May 45
|
*
USS Bates
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, 2 kamikaze hits, fires, abandoned, towed, later sank
|
21
|
35
|
25 May 45
|
USS Roper
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit off Hanagushi, Okinawa
|
1
|
10
|
25 May 45
|
*LSM-135
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze caused fires, beached, abandoned
|
11
|
10
|
25 May 45
|
SS William B. Allison, aka USS Inca
[21]
|
Cargo Ship, Liberty Ship
|
Air Attack, Aerial Torpedo off
Nakagusuku Wan
|
8
|
2
|
27 May 45
|
USS Braine
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, 2 kamikazes, 1st hit bridge, and 2nd hit amidships
|
66
|
78
|
27 May 45
|
#
USS Forrest
|
Destroyer Minesweeper
|
Air Attack, kamikaze crashed starboard side waterline
|
5
|
13
|
27 May 45
|
USS Rednour
|
Transport
|
Air Attack, 2 kamikaze hits, one made 10-foot hole in main deck
|
3
|
13
|
27 May 45
|
USS Loy
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, kamikaze near miss sprayed fragments
|
3
|
15
|
27 May 45
|
LCS(L)-119
|
Landing Craft
|
Air Attack
|
12
|
6
|
28 May 45
|
*
USS Drexler
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, 1st kamikaze
Frances hit topside, 2nd Frances w/bombs crashed superstructure
|
158
|
51
|
28 May 45
|
USS Sandoval
|
Attack Transport
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit portside of wheelhouse
|
8
|
26
|
29 May 45
|
USS Shubrick
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze bomb hit starboard causing hole, exploding depth charge
|
32
|
28
|
3 June 45
|
#
USS LCI(L)-90
|
Landing Craft Infantry
|
Air Attack, kamikaze
|
1
|
7
|
6 June 45
|
#
USS J. William Ditter
|
Destroyer Minelayer
|
Air Attack, 1st kamikaze glanced, 2nd hit port near main deck
|
10
|
27
|
6 Jun 45
|
USS Harry F. Bauer
|
Destroyer Minelayer
|
Air Attack, kamikaze hit
superstructure
|
0
|
0
|
10 Jun 45
|
*
USS William D. Porter
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, splashed kamikaze Val's bomb exploded close underwater
|
0
|
61
|
11 Jun 45
|
USS LCS(L)-122
|
Landing Craft
|
Air Attack kamikaze hit conning tower base, bomb fragments caused fires
[22]
|
11
|
29
|
16 Jun 45
|
*
USS Twiggs
|
Destroyer
|
Air Attack, splashed kamikaze and bomb blew in hull plating, w/structural damage
|
126
|
34
|
21 Jun 45
|
USS Halloran
|
Destroyer Escort
|
Air Attack, splashed kamikaze's bomb struck
|
3
|
24
|
21 Jun 45
|
USS Curtiss
|
Seaplane Tender
|
Air Attack, kamikaze and bomb ripped 2 holes in hull and blew
|
41
|
28
|
21 Jun 45
|
*USS LSM-59
|
Landing Ship
|
Air Attack, kamikaze strike while towing USS Barry, sank in 4 minutes
|
2
|
8
|
22 Jun 45
|
USS LSM-213
|
Landing Ship
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Air Attack, kamikaze strike at Kimmu Wan, hull damage
[23]
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3
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10
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22 Jun 45
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USS LST-534
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Landing Ship Tank
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Air Attack, While offloading on Nagagusuku Wan, kamikaze hit bow doors, tank deck
[23]
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3
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35
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29 Jul 45
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USS Callaghan
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Destroyer
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Air Attack, bi-plane kamikaze hit, its bomb blew aft engine room, sunk
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47
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73
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30 Jul 45
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USS Cassin Young
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Destroyer
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Air Attack, kamikaze hit forward, earlier hit April 12
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22
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45
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