"The Ship That Would Not Die" Topic
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Leadpusher  | 12 Jun 2016 5:49 a.m. PST |
This is incredible actual footage during the 80-minute
attack on the U.S.S. Laffey. About the best naval
footage ever shot by a Navy cameraman. The camera was in the gun turret under attack.
It's Amazing!
The U.S.S. Laffey, "the ship that would not die",
was hit by 6 Kamikazes and 4 bombs, but remained afloat after an
80 minute battle that included 22 Kamikaze attacks. |
| Lascaris | 12 Jun 2016 7:55 a.m. PST |
Amazing footage. It makes me think of how much more robust warships were back in WW2. A kamikaze is essentially a guided missile and I don't think any of today's DDG's or FFG's could take 6 hits and remain afloat. |
| Major Mike | 12 Jun 2016 8:01 a.m. PST |
You can tour the USS Laffey as she is berthed at Point Park in Charleston, SC. |
| David Manley | 12 Jun 2016 10:39 a.m. PST |
One of the examples I use in my lectures about warship survivability |
| Chris Wimbrow | 12 Jun 2016 10:44 a.m. PST |
You can tour the USS Laffey as she is berthed at Point Park in Charleston, SC. That would be Patriots Point. Also home to USS Yorktown (CV-10 / CVA-10 / CVS-10). CV-5 is still at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. |
| jowady | 12 Jun 2016 12:43 p.m. PST |
The Laffey's crew fought an incredible fight. IIRC wasn't she eventually saved by some Corsairs chasing off even more Kamikazes that were aiming for her? |
| Pontius | 12 Jun 2016 1:38 p.m. PST |
I first heard the story of the USS Laffey about 45 years ago I was given a book "The Boy's Book of Sea Stories". Even at the tender age of 9 or 10 it was a story that amazed and enthralled me. |
| Bezmozgu7 | 13 Jun 2016 3:17 a.m. PST |
Another great book is "Brave Men, Brave Ship" by Arnold Lott about the USS Aaron Ward, which was struck by six kamikazes while on picket duty off Okinawa. I read it in the early 70s while in middle school and have re-read it at least twice since. It really fired my imagination and led to a continuing interest in the Pacific naval war. |
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