JOURNAL ARTICLE

Destroyer Demobilization Plan 5: Fighter-Director Destroyers at Okinawa and the Limits of Strategic Capacity.

  • Published In: Journal of Military History, 2024, v. 88, n. 4. P. 949 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Waddell, Christopher 3 of 3

Abstract

Specially modified fighter-director destroyers were critical to amphibious air defense against Japanese suicide air attacks during the Battle of Okinawa from April to June 1945. They suffered extremely high and unanticipated losses, especially during the first month of the battle. This paper analyzes the operational and strategic impacts of insufficient initial resourcing and the high losses. Insufficient numbers of fighter-director-equipped destroyers forced ad hoc assignment of available ships incapable of adequately defending themselves. This prevented the development of effective doctrine and degraded fleet readiness, affecting future operations in the summer of 1945. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of Military History. 2024/10, Vol. 88, Issue 4, p949
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0899-3718
  • Accession Number:179782295
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