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发表于 2008-2-1 19:30:08
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Johnston_(DD-557)
In 5 furious minutes, Johnston pumped over 200 rounds at the enemy, then Cmdr. Evans ordered, "Fire torpedoes!" The destroyer got off 10 torpedoes then whipped around to retire behind a heavy smoke screen. When she came out of the smoke a minute later, Kumano could be seen burning furiously from a torpedo hit; Kumano’s bow had been blown completely off. Johnston had taken three 14 inch shell hits from the battleship Kongo, followed closely by three 6 inch shells, from either a light cruiser or possibly the Yamato, hitting the bridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar
The Johnston was a Fletcher-class destroyer, much smaller than a cruiser or a battleship. Her five 5-inch and light antiaircraft guns were not designed to be effective against armoured battleships or cruisers. Only her ten Mark-15 torpedoes housed in two 5-tube launchers could sink a battleship, but these only had a range of about five miles, much less than the guns of the heavy ships she was facing. Had Johnston withdrawn, every escort carrier of Taffy 3 would have been threatened with destruction due to the opposing force’s superior speed and armament. Evans therefore decided to take the chance that his ship might survive a charge and score a lucky hit.
Weaving to avoid shells, and steering towards splashes, the Johnston approached the cruiser squadron flagship, the heavy cruiser Kumano, for a torpedo run. At a range of 10 miles (20 km), Johnston engaged Kumano with gunfire, aiming for the superstructure, bridge and deck since her 5-inch shells would have bounced off the enemy ship's belt armour. At the same time, Johnston proceeded to close within torpedo range and fired off a salvo, which blew the bow off Kumano, also taking the Mogami-class heavy cruiser Suzuya out of the fight as she stopped to assist.
At a range of seven miles, the battleship Kongo sent a 14-inch shell through the Johnston’s deck and engine room, reducing Johnston’s speed by half to 14 knots and interrupting electric power to the aft gun turrets. Then three 6-inch shells, possibly from Yamato, struck Johnston’s bridge, causing numerous casualties and wounding Captain Evans in his left hand. The bridge was abandoned and Evans proceeded to steer the ship backtowards the fleet from the aft steering column, when he noticed theother destroyers starting to engage the enemy, too.
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