DE CLASSIFIED
Episode 16 - USS ENGLAND
USS ENGLAND DE-635 is a record-setting ship. Never before or since has a single ship sunk six submarines in 12 days. ENGLAND earned 10 battle stars for action in the Pacific until she was attacked by three kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa and hit by one of them on 9 May 1945. Hear the full story with John in this month's episode of DE Classified.
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John Charles England, her namesake.
ENGLAND is christened by Mrs. Thelma England, 26 September 1943. Photo from Navsource.org
ENGLAND launched at Bethlehem Steel in San Francisco, September 1943. Photo from Navsource.org.
ENGLAND underway, February 1944. Photo by Navsource.org.
ENGLAND's damaged pilothouse, two months after a Kamikaze struck the ship on 9 May 1945. Photo by Navsource.org.
ENGLAND's damaged superstructure, two months after a Kamikaze struck the ship on 9 May 1945. Photo by Navsource.org