A U.S. warship sunk by a kamikaze bomb in World War II was found off the coast of Japan, authorities said.
. It was sunk on April 12, 1945, when it was operating about 75 miles off the island's northern coast. Multiple Japanese aircraft appeared on the ship's radar, and the two engaged, with the warship damaging several aircraft until one of the planes crashed onto the warship.
That crash damaged the ship, and was followed by a"rocket-powered human-guided bomb" that hit the ship near its waterline. The resulting explosion"caused the ship's bow and stern to buckle rapidly," the Naval History and Heritage Command said. USS Mannert L. Abele seen from directly ahead while underway off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on August 1, 1944.
"My father came close to the same fate of the crew of the Abele just days earlier," Taylor said in a statement."This was a very emotive discovery for me connecting me to my father." Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives There was little information provided about how Taylor and the command identified the ship. In the news release, the command said the shipwreck is protected by U.S. law and under the jurisdiction of the Navy. The wreck should also be regarded as a war grave because of the soldiers who died in the sinking, the command said. is the final resting place for 84 American Sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their country," said command director Samuel J. Cox, a retired U.S.
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