Chronology of World War II
Friday, December 15
LSTs Hit by
Kamikazes
LST-738
burning after she was hit by a
kamikaze
off the Mindoro landing beaches, December 15, 1944.
USS Moal
(DD-693) is nearby. Note the hole in
LST-738’s
starboard side, just forward of the large '738' painted there. Smoke in the left distance may be from
LST-472
, which was also hit by the
kamikaze
attack.