Hancock (CV 19) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 67 text:

The Emi of One Kamikaze

Page 66 text:

Kamikaze Planes Continue Attacks as Intrepid Crew Fights Fire attacks on aircraft and air installations at Koniya Seaplane Base and Tokuna Shima followed with shipping and bombing forays at Anami-O-Shima, Okinoyerabu, Tokuna and Takara Shima. The Hannah anchored in Ulithi in the late afternoon of March 4th to prepare for her next operation against Okinawa. . V On March 5th Rear Admiral Ralph Davison, U.S.N., Commander Carrier Divi- sion Two, reported aboard for duty and Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague, USN., Commander Carrier Division Three, and staff were transferred to the Wasp. Air Group Eighty was detached on March 9th and Air Group Six reported aboard for duty. This Air Group started the war on the Enterprise and was the first Air Group to see action in the Pacific. Kamikazes raided Ulithi Lagoon on the evening of the l lth with one getting through the anti-aircraft fire to hit the carrier Randolph in the stern while a confused buddy piled up on a nearby atoll, apparently mistaking it for a flat t-op. OPERATION SEVEN ' The l-lannah's seventh operation commenced in the face of the most serious threat to our naval forces the fanatical Japanese had been able to devise to

Page 68 text:

H ungry Guns