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Gambier Bay was the only US Navy aircraft carrier to be sunk by surface naval gunfire during WWII. She lost 147 of her crew. USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) was operating off Luzon on 8 January 1945 when at 07:46 a Ki-43 Oscar plunged down towards the carrier. The aircraft came under heavy anti-aircraft fire but it continued aiming directly for the ...
Bomb damage assessment (BDA), also known as battle damage assessment, is the practice of assessing damage inflicted on a target from a stand-off weapon, most typically a bomb or air launched missile. It is part of the larger discipline of combat assessment .
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.
A US Navy official said, off the record, that since the warship had sovereign immunity, the US Navy would not allow crew members of Fitzgerald to be interviewed by officials from other countries. The United States Coast Guard is instead expected to provide summaries to the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB), which will share them with local ...
The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (2000) Naval Institute Press ISBN 1-55750-149-1; Kafka, Roger and Pepperburg, Roy L. Warships of the World (1946) Cornell Maritime Press; Karig, Walter, CDR, USNR Battle Report: The Atlantic War (1946) Farrar & Rinehart; Le Masson, Henri The French Navy (volume 1) (1969) Doubleday & Company
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1990–1999) List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–2009) List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2010–2019) List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2020–present)
On 19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. [1] The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. [1]
The definition of "battle" as a concept in military science has varied with the changes in the organization, employment, and technology of military forces. Before the 20th century, "battle" usually meant a military clash over a small area, lasting a few days at most and often just one day—such as the Battle of Waterloo, which began and ended on 18 June 1815 on a field a few kilometers across.