USS Bright (DE-747)
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On May 10, 1945 Bright
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station as a unit of the Okinawa transport screen. During the early evening
of May 13, her gun crews opened fire on a low-flying Japanese fighter,
scoring hits on his engine and port wing. The plane crashed immediately
astern of the fantail. Its 500-pound bomb exploded, causing loss of steering
with the rudder jammed hard left. The after-steering room was completely
demolished, both port and starboard depth charge racks were damaged and
inoperative, smoke screen generators blown off, the main deck aft buckled
and pierced, and three compartments were flooded.
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USS Bright (DE-747) (Donald Randall, inset) |
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Photo courtesy of nephew Jack Kellbach |
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Donald Randall |
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Photo courtesy of nephew Jack Kellbach |
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