On the morning of October 25, 1944, the crew of USS St. Lo felt relief after narrowly surviving a fierce naval battle against Japan’s powerful fleet, including the battleship Yamato. As they began to ...

Kamikaze sank their first ship on Oct. 25, 1944, when a navy Zero pilot smashed into the USS St. Lo in the Philippine Sea while carrying a pair of 550-pound (250-kilogram) bombs. Britain’s ...