by battleshipdev1 | Jan 30, 2023 | Sea Stories
The Battleship along with three large aircraft carriers, two light carriers, three battleships, four light cruisers and 12 destroyers were fighting off the coast of Okinawa. During the day an estimated 182 Japanese kamikazes in 22 groups attacked the allied ships....
by battleshipdev1 | Jan 30, 2023 | Sea Stories
On September 15, 1942, Japanese submarine I-19 quickly fired six long-range torpedoes at the U.S. carrier WASP. Three torpedoes struck their target causing such damage that the task force commander ordered WASP to be sunk that night. The remaining three torpedoes...
by battleshipdev1 | Jan 30, 2023 | Sea Stories
“Early one morning, I was just getting off of watch and the rest of the crew was up getting ready to go to chow. Right before I was to leave we got a bogey contact about 30 miles out that was coming towards the fleet. It was really no big deal at first as we were...
