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 James Hollingsworth | USN |
| T Sgt Earl Herrman | USMC |
| Lt(jg) Ralph Hendricks | USN |
| Cpl Horace Hawk | USMC |
| Sea 1c James Hartley | USN |
| Ens James Hagan | USN |
| Lt(jg) John Frazer | USN |
| Ens William Foucart | USN |
| Pfc Richard Fiore | USMC |
| Lt(jg) William Edwards | USN |
| AOM 2c Donald Dunleavy | USN |
| T Sgt Russell Dorniden | USMC |
| Sgt Norton Dewalt | USMC |
| M Sgt Herman Delaney | USMC |
| Sea 2c Robert Dalrymple | USN |
| MM 2c Theodore Czaja | USN |
| M 3c Julius Curtis | USN |
| Sea 1c David Currie | USN |
| F 1c Walter Copple | USN |
| ARM 2c Roger Conboy | USN |
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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)