Navy |
US Navy |
Type |
Destroyer |
Class |
Fletcher |
Pennant |
DD 529 |
Built by |
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
Laid down |
12 Feb 1942 |
Launched |
27 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned |
10 May 1943 |
Lost |
6 Apr 1945 |
Loss position |
sunk after being hit by three Japanese kamikaze aircraft north-west of
Okinawa in position 27º16'N, 127º48'E. |
History |
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USS Bush (Cmdr Rollin Everton Westholm) was
87 of her crew were lost with the ship. Also the commander of DesDiv 48
(Cdr. James Sturgis Willis) was killed aboard USS Bush. |
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