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	Kamikaze aircraft diving on USS Columbia (CL-56) (January 6, 1945)

Links - American Ships

The following sites provide sources of Internet information about American ships hit by Japan's Kamikaze and Kaiten Special Attack Forces:

Sunk by Kamikaze Aircraft

• USS Bush (DD 529) Home Page - On April 6, 1945, sunk by hits from three kamikaze aircraft that killed 87. Extensive recollections of former crewmen.
• USS Mahan Association - On December 7, 1944, sunk by hits from three kamikaze aircraft that killed 6.
• USS Pringle Home Page - On April 16, 1945, sunk by hit from kamikaze aircraft that killed 62.
• USS Reid 369 - On December 11, 1944, sunk by hits from three kamikaze aircraft that killed 103. Has ten years of quarterly newsletters.
• USS St Lo (Formerly Midway) CVE63/VC65 Association - On October 25, 1944, sunk by hit from kamikaze aircraft that killed 114.

Hit by Kamikaze Aircraft

• USS Aaron Ward (DM 34) Home Port - On May 3, 1945, hit by six kamikaze aircraft that killed 42. Excerpt from 1964 book Brave Ship Brave Men by Arnold S. Lott.
• USS Columbia CL-56 - On January 6, 1945, hit by two kamikaze aircraft that killed 13 and wounded 44. On January 9, 1945, hit by another kamikaze aircraft that killed 24 and wounded 97.
• USS Hadley Memorial Website - On May 11, 1945, hit by three kamikaze aircraft that killed 30 and wounded 68.
• USS Haynsworth DD700 - On April 6, 1945, hit by a kamikaze aircraft that killed 12.
• USS Laffey (DD-459/DD-724) - On April 16, 1945, hit by seven kamikaze aircraft and bombs from two other planes that killed 32 and wounded 71.
• USS Mullany - On April 6, 1945, hit by a kamikaze aircraft that killed 30 and wounded 36.
• USS Nashville CL-43 - On December 13, 1944, hit by a kamikaze aircraft that killed 133 and wounded 190.
• USS Rall (DE 304) - On April 12, 1945, shot down three kamikaze aircraft but got hit by another one that killed 21 and wounded 38.
• USS Shubrick Home Page - On May 29, 1945, hit by a kamikaze aircraft that killed 35 and wounded 25. Six wartime diaries and a large collection of sea stories.
• U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE 27) - On October 25, 1944, hit by kamikaze aircraft. On October 26, 1944, hit by another kamikaze aircraft.

Updated November 1, 2023