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On January 6, 1945, during the invasion of
Luzon, New Mexico took a suicide hit on her bridge which killed her
commanding officer, Captain R. W. Fleming, British Lieutenant-General
Herbert Lumsden, and 29 others of her crew, with 87 injured. New Mexico’s
guns remained in action as her crew repaired damage and she was still in
action as troops went ashore.
During the Okinawa operation, while
approaching Hagushi anchorage just after sunset on May 12, 1945, New
Mexico was attacked by two suicide aircraft. One aircraft plunged into
New Mexico while the explosion of the bomb from the second aircraft
inflicted additional damage. Fifty-four crewmen were killed and 119 wounded
as a result of this attack.
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