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Stormes

Ship Designation: 
DD-780
Date Lost: 
Friday, May 25, 1945
Kamikaze Attack out of Hagushi Anchorage
The weather was bad on the morning of May 25, with poor visibility and intermittent rain squalls. ... At 0905, a Japanese plane was sighted as it passed between two Navy planes and headed for Ammen (DD-527) directly ahead of Stormes At the last moment, the plane turned and crashed into Stormes aft torpedo mount. Its bomb exploded in the magazine under her number three 5-inch mount. The ship was on fire, and sea water poured through holes in the hull. ... By noon, repair parties had extinguished the fires and plugged the holes. Twenty-one members of the crew were killed and 15 injured.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 21

Namesort descending Service Branch
MM 3c Walter Zagajewski USN

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