BATTLESHIP TEXAS BB35 WWII ACTION REPORT

INVASION OF OKINAWA: Mar-May 1945

Cover page - signed by Captain Baker

Part 1 - Brief Summary

Part II - Preliminaries

Part III - Chronological Account of the Action

    Kamikaze attacks:  3 - 28 Apr

March

 21-25

26 - 31

 2

3

April

 1

2 - 4

5

6 - 10

10

11 - 13

14

15 - 18

19

20 - 25

26 - 30

 3, 4

4

4, 5

5

5 - 6

6

6 - 7

7

7 - 8

8

9

May

 

 1 - 2

3 - 6

7

8 - 10

11

12 - 14

 9

10

10 - 11

11

11, 12

12

 

Part IV - Ordnance: pg 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Part V - Damage: pg 19

Part VI - Special Comments and Information: pg 19, 20, 21, 22

Part VII - Personnel: pg 23

 

Annex A - Report of Casualties

Annex B - Daylight and Dark Tables: pg 1, 2

Annex C - Statistical Record of Fires (14inch and 5 inch shells)

March 25 - 27 pg 1

April

 1 - 3 pg 4

May

 3 10
28 - 29 pg 2 13 - 14 pg 5 5 - 6 11
30 pg 3 16 pg 6 7 11, 12
19 pg 7 8 - 10 12
20 pg 7, 8 11 13
21 pg 8
25 - 28 pg 9
29 - 30 pg 10