Kamekaze imprint on ship side...

[David_Aiken]

"Okinawa, 1945" Never viewed this before! What ship? What date? What NARA negative number?

http://www.network54.com/Realm/Rhinoland/kamikaze_shape.gif
Posted at HyperScale yesterday.

[Mudge]

I'd love to see it but I get nothing from that link.

Mudge the disappointed

[bipe215]

Didn't work for me either.

[n5151ts]

or some other no login source!

[Ztex]

[David_Aiken]

This just in from the Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard:
The ship is the USS Hinsdale:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03120.htm

They said, "Morison lists the following as having been damaged off Okinawa (aside from those sunk): Alpine (1 April), Hinsdale (1 April), Henrico (2 April), Achernar (2 April), Pinkney (28 April), and Sandoval (28 May). His descriptions of the damage received indicates that it isn't Henrico (hit in the superstructure), but I can't tell about the others. What struck me while going through the list to break out the transport types is how successful the efforts were to keep the kamikazes away from the offloading areas, if only by putting other ships along the line of approach (in effect as bait targets). Lots and lots of warships were hit for every transport or freighter."

Cheers,
David Aiken

[HMFischer]

My father was on the S Hall Young on their way to IE Shima when it was hit by a Kamikaze. It hit the #5 hold and destroyed several vehicles and their water condensing equipment. Like most of that generation he talked the incident down. I don't know what the acommadations were for the men that were "cargo", but i'm guessing it would be below deck most of the time. I can not imagine how frightening and noisey it must have been in a near by hold. Hugh