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I heard USS Missouri was hit by a kamikaze, true?

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I heard USS Missouri was hit by a kamikaze, true?

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True, true. She was hit twice. The first time was the more dramatic of the two hits and the dent from that attack remains to this day. The kamikaze struck the starboard side, just below the main deck near where turret 3 is. Some of the plane (and the pilot) ended up on the deck, the rest (including his unexploded bomb) fell harmlessly into the ocean. The hit looked bad, but the damage control crews had the fire out in about 3 minutes and when the smoke cleared the kamikaze pilot was the only fatality. Missouri suffered no significant damage from the attack.

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