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 |
|---|---|
| Lt(jg) R. Miller | USN |
| Lt(jg) Stanley Sydlowski | USN |
| WT 1c James Allen | USN |
| Sea 2c Edward Beckner | USN |
| Sea 1c George Brookhart | USN |
| F 1c Armando Ciabattoni | USN |
| Sea 1c Anthony Mugaveiro | USN |
| Sea 2c Tony Petrin | USN |
| Sea 1c Kenneth Stevens | USN |
| Sea 1c Byron Travis | USN |
| AMM 3c Richard Witt | USN |
| AMM 1c Robert Potts | USN |
| ART 1c Edward Prendergast | USN |
| ARM 1c Thomas Arbuckle | USN |
| EM 3c Arthur Belden | USN |
| AMM 1c Clifford Brown | USN |
| Sea 1c Delbert Clark | USN |
| CY John Munson | USN |
| F 1c Thomas Parnell | USN |
| WT 1c Robert Stetson | USN |
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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)