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Strana 14

HISTORY
Destroyer USS
Laffey after the
battle of special
attack planes
on April 16, 1945,
north of Okinawa.
Shown here is
a starboard side
view abreast of
No. 3 5 inch gun
mount. Landing
craft LST 677
is alongside.
Photo: US Naval
Heritage
Command
Fifteen radar
picket stations
are shown in the
Okinawa area.
Radar picket
destroyers were
ordered to operate
within a radius
of 5,000 yards
from the center
of each station.
The center of
each radar picket
station is indicated
by latitude and
longitude, as well
as by range and
bearing from Point
BOLO. Destroy
-
ers such as the
USS Laffey were
frequent targets of
large-scale bom
-
bing and kamikaze
attacks.
Photo: US Naval
Heritage
Command
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