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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 PT-133 Sunk by Japanese shore batteries, 15 July 1944. USS PT-164 Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 1 August 1943. USS PT-247 Sunk by Japanese shore batteries, 5 May 1944. USS PT-251 Sunk by Japanese shore batteries, 26 February 1944. USS PT-300 Sunk by a Kamikaze, 18 December 1944. USS PT-320 Sunk by Japanese aircraft, 5 November 1944.
[33] [34] The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of Japanese kamikaze attacks and the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle was the bloodiest and fiercest in the Pacific Ocean Theatre, with some 50,000 Allied and around 100,000 Japanese casualties, [ 35 ] [ 19 ...
Pages in category "Ships sunk by kamikaze attack" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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
During the second sortie, on 16 May, Haguro was sunk in surface action with the Royal Navy, and Kamikaze suffered 27 crewmen killed and 14 injured in battle with the British destroyer group. [11] Damage to the ship was light, and Kamikaze rescued 320 survivors from Haguro before returning to Singapore.
Most of the remaining Japanese warships in the Combined Fleet were stationed at ports in Japan, with most of the large ships at the port of Kure in the Hiroshima Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu. [11] As a final step before the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands, Allied forces invaded Okinawa on 1 April 1945.