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Little

Ship Designation: 
DD-803
Date Lost: 
Thursday, May 3, 1945
Kamikaze Attacks off Okinawa
Little and Aaron Ward (DM-34) were again assigned radar picket duty when 18 to 24 aircraft attacked from under cloud cover. ... Aaron Ward took the first hit and an instant later Little was hit on the portside. ... Within 4 minutes three more enemy kamikazes hit her, breaking her keel, demolishing the amidship section, and opening all three after machinery spaces, Soon thereafter Little broke up and sank. ... Casualties included 6 killed, 24 missing and 52 seriously wounded

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 30

Namesort ascending Service Branch
GM 2c John Larason USN
MM 1c Elmo Keen USN
GM 3c Gale Johnston USN
Sea 1c Don Gray USN
CEM Herschel Fox USN
F 1c Joseph Chase USN
MM 1c A. Cartwright USN
Sea 1c Edward Carr USN
MM 2c Donald Allison USN
Sea 2c Lee Addington USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)