The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Looking for the USS Emmons-- Part 1: Battle of Okinawa
From the June 14, 2018, Laboratory Equipment "Advanced 3-D Seafloor Imaging of World War II Destroyer sunk off Okinawa" by Seth Augenstein.
The USS Emmons was a 350-foot minesweeper rushed into service in World War II. On April 6, 1945, in the Battle of Okinawa, the USS Rodman was under an intense kamikaze attack. The Emmons took position near it to provide anti-aircraft fire.
It shot Japanese six planes down.
But, the ship's luck soon ran out.
--GreGen
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