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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Question, were any American battleships sunk by enemy fire of any kind after Pearl Harbor?


26 posted on 11/11/2025 4:29:06 AM PST by blitz128
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No American battleships were sunk by Japanese gunfire during WWII. Several were damaged by Kamikaze attacks.


28 posted on 11/11/2025 4:43:08 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: blitz128

Washington sank Kirishima. I believe it’s the only battleship sunk by a battleship in the pacific war.


30 posted on 11/11/2025 5:08:15 AM PST by wny
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To: blitz128

No. Japan had some fortified batteries on Okinawa island and some US destroyers were sunk, some because of Kamikazes. USS carrier Franklin was heavily damaged.


52 posted on 11/11/2025 8:04:25 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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