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Marathon

Ship Designation: 
APA-200
Date Lost: 
Sunday, July 22, 1945
Kaiten Attack at Buckner Bay, Okinawa
On July 22, 1945 while at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Marathon's hull trembled with a force of a violent explosion. ... Postwar examination of Japanese records indicates that the explosion, which resulted in extensive damage, was caused by a kaiten one-man suicide Japanese submarine, launched by submarine I-53.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 35

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Sea 1c Norvell Emmons USN
Sea 1c Donald Diffin USN
SF 2c James Dickie USN
Cox Thomas Cruse USN
Cox Camille Courville USN
Sea 1c John Cole USN
Cox Ulysses Cheramie USN
Sea 1c Howard Chandler USN
CM 3c Edward Caton USN
Sea 1c Arturo Castillo USN
Cox Arthur Carter USN
Sea 1c Jerry Campo USN
BM 2c Anthony Camara USN
SSMB 3c Hubert Bedard USN
Cox Robert Bagby USN

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