Six Kamikazes and Four Bombs in 80 Minutes: The Destroyer That Would Not Die, 16 April 1945 (1 Viewer)

[TheIronDiaries]

On 16 April 1945 the destroyer USS Laffey was on radar picket duty off Okinawa when 22 Japanese aircraft came for her. In eighty minutes six kamikazes hit her and four bombs struck home. 31 men were killed and 71 wounded, and the ship was burning from end to end. She still sailed away under her own power. I made a short documentary about that morning, the picket line, and the Bunker Hill a month later, and I would be glad to hear what I got wrong. Was the radar picket line worth the price the crews paid?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaDjDa_9awE

 

[tomo pauk]

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[SaparotRob]

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[GrauGeist]

I avoid AI content like the plague, si the vid was a pass.

However, regarding this:

Was the radar picket line worth the price the crews paid?

Absolutely.

Radar pickets were the first line of defense. If USS Laffey had not attracted the Japanese attacks, then they would have sought out capital ships.

USN Destroyers have a long legacy of sacrificing themselves for the security of the fleet by putting themselves directly and intentionally in harm's way. USS Johnston (DD-557) and USS Samual B. Roberts (DE-413) are prime examples out of many.

 

[skyking1]

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