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Luce

Ship Designation: 
DD-522
Date Lost: 
Friday, May 4, 1945
Kamikaze Attack off Kerama Retto
Assigned radar picket duty off Okinawa on April 30, 1945, Luce was attacked by Japanese aircraft and successfully shot down the first attacker but not before he dropped a bomb which was a near miss that caused a power failure in the ship. ... Unable to bring her guns to bear on the second attacking aircraft, kamikaze struck the after section of the ship which knocked out the port engine, flooded the engineering spaces and caused a jammed rudder. ... Within one-half hour of attack, Luce took a heavy list to starboard and abandon ship was ordered. ... 126 of her 312 officers and men went down with the ship. The survivors were rescued by friendly forces

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 148

Name Service Branchsort descending
Cox Pren Son USN
F 1c Sidney Friedman USN
QM 3c William Mckenzie USN
Sea 1c Frank Machacek USN
Sea 1c Thomas Hulina USN
StM 2c Will Brown USN
RT 1c Max Wannowsky USN
Sea 1c Frank Morgel USN
RDM 3c Stephen Pramick USN
MM 2c Parker Dodge USN
MM 3c Glen Foulks USN
Sea 1c Albert Mckinney USN
BM 2c Francis Malinowski USN
Lt John Hutchinson USN
TM 3c George Bunce USN
Sea 1c John Trembach USN
PhM 1c William Murgatroyd USN
Sea 1c Vincent Rundquist USN
Sea 1c John Dolan USN
Sea 1c Roy Foor USN

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