April 16, 1945 - in one of the most intense moments of World War II, the USS Laffey found herself staring down a storm of ...

REX/Shutterstock. The destroyer USS Laffey already had seen action on D-Day at Normandy and later at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines before it came under attack on April 16, 1945, at ...

People gathered here USS Laffey on Tuesday, April 16 to commemorate 32 lives lost during a kamikaze attack just five months before the end of WW2. The USS LAFFEY (DD-724) is the most decorated ...

The USS Laffey, a storied warship now docked at Patriots Point, ... During the mass Kamikaze strike, more than 30 sailors lost their lives, and over 70 were injured.

USS Laffey in 1944. US Navy Photo Mel Gibson plans to direct a film about the ferocious kamikaze attack on USS Laffey (DD-724), according to a report published by The Hollywood Reporter .

The Laffey was nicknamed “The Ship That Would Not Die.“ In the face of unspeakable odds, the ship never sank. The kamikaze attack on the USS Laffey killed 32 and wounded 71 crew members.

Thursday, April 16 is the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the destroyer USS Laffey that took place while it was operating off the coast of Okinawa during World War II.

80 years ago the USS Laffey DD-724 took part in the battle of Okinawa where she was struck by six kamikaze fighter attacks and was referred to as "The Ship That Wouldn't Die." New museum exhibits ...

The deck of the USS Laffey was damaged after at least six Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashed into the ship near Okinawa in 1945. (Source: Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum) But despite the damage ...

World War II hero honored: Amid kamikaze attack, he saved his destroyer's flag Rep. Chris Smith gave Shore native Bill Kelly a special gift for his heroics aboard the USS Laffey in 1945.

Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang Productions has launched development on a World War II movie about the USS Laffey, which survived an intense kamikaze attack during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.