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Twiggs

Ship Designation: 
DD-591
Date Lost: 
Saturday, June 16, 1945
Torpedoed off Senaga Shima
On 16 June, Twiggs was on radar picket duty off Senaga Shima in the western fire support area. At 2030, a single, low-flying plane dropped a torpedo which hit Twiggs on her port side, exploding her number 2 magazine. The plane then circled and completed its kamikaze mission in a suicide crash. The explosion enveloped the destroyer in flame - and, within an hour, she sank. Despite the hazard of exploding ammunition from the blazing Twiggs, 188 survivors were rescued from the oily waters. Among the 162 dead and missing was her commanding officer, Comdr. George Phillip.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 125

Namesort descending Service Branch
Sea 2c John Gabriel USN
Sea 2c Frank Gagliardi USN
Sea 2c Robert Gates USN
Sea 2c Charles Gaul USN
SK 3c Gregory George USN
Sea 2c Louis Gerstmar USN
Cox Westley Grabau USN
Ens Robert Green USN
Sea 1c Vincent Grella USN
RM 2c Samuel Grimone USN
RDM 2c Everett Harden USN
Lt sc Burton Harris USN
RDM 3c William Heenan USN
StM 1c Howard Henderson USN
F 1c Eugene Hinton USN
Lt(jg) Keith Hitchcock USN
RM 3c Raymond Hoeffken USN
GM 3c Frank Hudak USN
Lt Albert Hughes USN
Sea 1c Everett Jackson USN

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