Ships in near the beach. Were under attack all last night. The Kidd was hit by a suicide. The Essex here in our group was hit by a suicide. Also the carrier Hancock was hit. The New Jersey rammed the Franks. We are heading for 12 mile picket now.
Open in the diary →The names around the story
People & ships
Family at home, shipmates, commanders, and 82 vessels, named as Elmer named them. Open any name to see every diary passage in which it appears. Where the Navy’s muster rolls identify a shipmate, a note says so.
Opening the index…