Navy |
US Navy |
Type |
Destroyer |
Class |
Fletcher |
Pennant |
DD 801 |
Built by |
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Laid down |
3 Aug 1943 |
Launched |
10 Apr 1944 |
Commissioned |
8 Jul 1944 |
Lost |
6 Apr 1945 |
Loss position |
sunk after being hit by four Japanese kamikaze aircraft north-west of
Okinawa in position (27º16'N, 127º48'E,) |
History |
USS Colhound (Cdr. George R. Wilson) 35 of her crew were lost with
the ship. |
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