USS Little (DD-803)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 803 |
Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 13 Sep 1943 |
Launched | 22 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 Aug 1944 |
Lost | 3 May 1945 |
Loss position | 26.24N, 126.15E |
History | Sunk after being hit by four kamikaze aircraft west of Okinawa in position 26°24'N, 126°15'E, 30 of her crew were lost with the ship. The Commanding officer Cdr. Madison Hall, Jr. survived the sinking. |