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On October 25, 1944, during the final phase
of the Battle of Leyte Gulf,
Kalinin Bay’s task unit came under a
concentrated kamikaze air attack. During the 40-minute battle, the first
attack from an organized kamikaze unit in World War II, four planes attacked
Kalinin Bay from astern and the starboard quarter. Intense fire
splashed two close aboard; but a third plane crashed into the port side of
the flight deck, damaging it badly. The fourth hit destroyed the aft port
stack.
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