Kamikaze_damage_to_USS_Leutze_(DD-481)_(1).jpg


Summary

Description
English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Leutze (DD-481) showing damage suffered after coming the assistance of USS Newcomb (DD-586) off Okinawa on 6 April 1945. A kamikaze glanced off Newcomb and exploded in the narrow space between the two ships.
Date April-December 1945
Source http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/481.htm
Author U.S. Navy Photographer

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