Kamikaze Attacks off Okinawa
In support of Okinawa operations, Bunker Hill is hit and severely damaged by 2 kamikaze. Gasoline fires and several explosions take place killing 346 wounding 264 and 43 missing and unaccounted for.
Ship Designation:
CV-17
Date Lost:
Friday, May 11, 1945
Lost At Sea Log
Number of sailors in this log: 209
| Name |
Service Branch |
|---|---|
| Sea 1c Joseph Sullivan | USN |
| F 1c Joseph Whirl | USN |
| Lt(jg) Ralph Hendricks | USN |
| Sea 1c James Hollingsworth | USN |
| Lt(jg) Holden York | USN |
| AOM 2c Donald Dunleavy | USN |
| StM 2c Robert Barton | USN |
| Sea 2c Lloyd Bowles | USN |
| F 1c Samuel Cataldo | USN |
| MM 2c Theodore Czaja | USN |
| MM 2c Donald Quagan | USN |
| PhM 2c Frank Stelmer | USN |
| Sea 2c Angelo Viteritti | USN |
| ARM 2c Donald Warnock | USN |
| ARM 2c Arthur Sanchez | USN |
| Ens William Foucart | USN |
| Sea 1c Albert Cervenak | USN |
| Sea 1c Allen Bass | USN |
| Mus 2c Douglas Bowser | USN |
| Lt(jg) George Chandler | USN |
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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)