USS Pennsylvania after being hit by 1 torpedo while anchored at Buckner Bay Okinawa, August 12th, 1945

USS Pennsylvania lays alongside an ocean going tug after taking a Japanese torpedo to her stern. The impact opened a 30 foot hole but the ship survived thanks to massive pumping efforts and the assistance of two such tugs. 1945.

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) low in the water and under salvage, after she was torpedoed in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, on 12 August 1945

She anchored in Buckner Bay in Okinawa alongside Tennessee. On 12 August a Japanese torpedo plane penetrated undetected and launched a torpedo at Pennsylvania, which lay at anchor. Hit well aft, Pennsylvania suffered extensive damage. The torpedo’s impact caused a hole of approximately 30 ft (9.1 m) in diameter in her stern. Twenty men were killed and ten, including Admiral Oldendorf, injured.[14][15] Many compartments were flooded and Pennsylvania settled heavily by the stern. The flooding was brought under control by Pennsylvania’s repair parties and with the prompt assistance of two salvage tugs. The following day, she was towed to shallower water where salvage operations continued.

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