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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 ...
Yokosuka D4Y3 Suisei (Allied code name "Judy") Japanese dive bomber dives on the Essex (November 25, 1944). Kamikaze (神風, literally: "God wind"; common translation: "Divine wind") [kamikaꜜze] ⓘ, official name: Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (特別攻撃隊), Tokkō Tai (特攻隊) or Tokkō (特攻) were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels ...
USS Ward. USS William D. Porter (DD-579) SS William S. Ladd. Categories: Kamikaze. Ships sunk by Japanese aircraft. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
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
Pennsylvania was the last major US ship damaged in the war. She survived Operation Crossroads with minor damage, to be scuttled in 1948. USS Arizona (BB-39) was moored in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 when the attack began. The ship was hit by at least two 800 kg (1,800 lb) armor-piercing bombs dropped by B5N "Kate" bombers during the attack.
Air attack, kamikaze hit 4 16 28 May 45 SS Josiah Snelling [81] Cargo Air attack, kamikaze hit 0 11 28 May 45 SS Mary A. Livermore: Cargo Air attack, kamikaze hit on starboard 10 4 29 May 45 USS Shubrick: Destroyer Air attack, kamikaze bomb hit starboard causing hole, exploding depth charge 32 28 3 June 45 # USS LCI-90: Landing Craft Infantry
Operation Ten-Go (天号作戦, Ten-gō Sakusen), also known as Operation Heaven One (or Ten-ichi-gō 天一号), was the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II. In April 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship in the world, and nine other Japanese warships, embarked from Japan for a ...
Approximately 2,800 Kamikaze attackers sank 34 Navy ships, damaged 368 others, killed 4,900 sailors, and wounded over 4,800. Despite radar detection and cuing, airborne interception, attrition, and massive anti-aircraft barrages, 14 per cent of Kamikazes survived to score a hit on a ship; nearly 8.5 percent of all ships hit by Kamikazes sank. [68]