Courtesy U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command The USS ... Kamikaze while operating off Okinawa on April 11, 1945. The plane hit the ship’s side below the main deck, causing minor damage ...

Hawaii shows damage sustained when a Japanese Zero fighter flown by a kamikaze pilot rammed into the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa on April 11, 1945. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy ...

Damage from torpedoes and mines is covered in Report No. 50, while this report embraces damage caused by gunfire, bomb and Kamikaze attack. The purpose of the two reports is to present, after sifting ...