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USS Nashville (CL-43)
 
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On 13 December 1945, Nashville was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island. The aircraft crashed into her port 5-inch mount, both bombs exploding about 10 feet off the deck. Gasoline fires and exploding ammunition made Nashville's amidships area an inferno, but the ship's remaining 5-inch guns continued to provide antiaircraft cover. 133 men were killed, including virtually her Marine Corps contingent; 190 crewmen wounded.
 

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USS Nashville (CL-43)

Photographed off Mare Island Navy Yard in 1943. Official U.S. Navy photo.

Rufus B. Thompson, Jr., USMC

photo courtesy of Rufus B. Thompson, Jr.

 
 
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