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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 ascending Service Branch
SSML 3c Joseph Robinson USN
MOMM 3c Zane Rankin USN
Sea 1c Edward Rakowski USN
Sea 1c Peter Profis USN
SM 3c Ray Price USN
Bkr 2c Fredrick Powell USN
FC 3c John Pierce USN
CDR George Philip USN
F 1c Curtiss Peterson USN
SK 2c Mark Petersen USN
Sea 1c Angel Peters USN
Sea 2c Thomas Peeples USN
CTM Elby Paysinger USN
CWT Henry Payne USN
SC 3c Raymond Painter USN
Sea 1c Manuel Ortiz USN
F 1c George Olsen USN
Sea 1c Eugene Olko USN
F 1c Isadore Oler USN
SC 1c Peter Ohara USN

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