Photo #: NH 62696
USS Missouri (BB-63)
About to be hit by a Japanese A6M "Zero" Kamikaze,
while operating off Okinawa on 11 April 1945. The plane hit the
ship's side below the main deck, causing minor damage and no
casualties on board the battleship.
A 40mm quad gun mount's crew is in action in the lower foreground.
The photographer has been identified as Seaman Len Schmidt.
Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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