USN · DD

Longshaw

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Sunk

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-06-04Commissioned 1943-12-04Lost off Okinawa, 18 May 1945. She grounded south of Naha, Japanese shore batteries blew her bow off, and U.S. ships destroyed the wreck

U.S. Navy. USS Longshaw (DD-559) underway at sea on 4 February 1945 (80-G-315217).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons