amazing film from a USN Phot., WW2

[bob10]

Camera Footage of Kamikaze Attack in 1945
About the best naval footage ever shot by a Navy cameraman. The camera was in the gun turret under attack.
Amazing! The USS 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.


bad link, try again





https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zkp7hvrgbcd7gd/D-qPNsG9ym#lh:null-Laffey%20Enhanced%20vo%203.wmv

[bob10]

Sorry about that, link don't work, Bob

[cripesamighty]

Try this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32mbUCe0SlI

[cripesamighty]

Post-war her Captain wrote a book called 'The Ship That Would Not Die'. I will get around to reading it one day.

[bob10]

Post-war her Captain wrote a book called 'The Ship That Would Not Die'. I will get around to reading it one day.


Their damage control must have been spot on, having instructed in that field whilst in the RAN, 6 Kamakazis, 4 bombs..... a top effort. I must find that book myself, it should be compulsory reading for RAN ships companies, I reckon. Bob

[cripesamighty]

A link for the book review. The rest of the site is interesting too.

The Ship That Would Not Die (http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/books/ships/becton/)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Plane recognition too :o,,
the carrier they were protecting launched fighters to intercept the kamikaze's-----

[bob10]

Interesting diagram, Bob




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/482.jpg
Diagram of Air Attack on Laffey

The above overhead diagram shows the path of 22 Japanese planes that attacked the American destroyer Laffey on April 16, 1945