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USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-801), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Edmund Colhoun (1821–1897). ''Colhoun'' was launched 10 April 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Captain K. K. Johnson, WAC; and commissioned 8 July 1944, Commander G. R. Wilson in command. ==Service history== ''Colhoun'' arrived at Pearl Harbor 10 October 1944 for training and patrol duty. Arriving off Iwo Jima 19 February 1945, she screened transports, served as radar picket and gave fire support for the invasion of Iwo Jima. On 1 March, she was hit by a salvo from heavy enemy batteries ashore, which killed one man and injured 16. After repairs at Saipan, ''Colhoun'' sailed for Okinawa, arriving 31 March for radar picket duty. At 1530 on 6 April 1945, during the first heavy ''kamikaze'' raid of the battle of Okinawa, ''Colhoun'' received a request for help from and sped to her aid. Interposing her guns between ''Bush'' and the attacking suicide planes, ''Colhoun'' downed three planes before a ''kamikaze'' crashed into the mount scattering flaming wreckage across the ship and dropping a bomb into the after fireroom where it exploded. Retaining power and using emergency steering, ''Colhoun'' awaited the next attacking trio, shooting down the first two while the third struck her on the starboard side. The bomb from the second ''kamikaze'' exploded, breaking ''Colhoun''s keel, piercing both boilers, ripping a hole below the waterline, and starting oil and electrical fires. Operating the remaining guns manually, the crew gamely faced yet another wave of three attackers shooting down one and damaging another, while the third ''kamikaze'' struck her aft section. This airplane's bomb bounced overboard and exploded, adding another hole to allow more flooding. ''Colhoun'' valiantly struggled to stay afloat, but a final ''kamikaze'' crashed into the bridge in a mass of flames. At 1800, took off all but a skeleton crew, which remained onboard while a tug attempted to tow ''Colhoun'' to Okinawa. Heavy listing, uncontrolled flooding, and fires made it impossible to save her, and she was sunk by gunfire from at . Her casualties were: 34 killed and 21 wounded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Colhoun (DD-801)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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