Listed as Leo L Addington on US Navy Muster Roll. Served as S2C on board USS Little. On 3 May Little and Aaron Ward (DM-34) were again on picket duty. At 18:13 hours, 18 to 24 aircraft attacked from under cloud cover. Aaron Ward took the first hit at 18:41. An instant later Little was hit on the portside. Within 4 minutes three more enemy kamikazes had hit her, breaking her keel, demolishing the amidship section, and opening all three after machinery spaces. At 19:55 Little broke up and went down. Thirty-one of the Little's approximately 320 crew members perished, while another 49 suffered injuries.
Listed as Leo L Addington on US Navy Muster Roll. Served as S2C on board USS Little. On 3 May Little and Aaron Ward (DM-34) were again on picket duty. At 18:13 hours, 18 to 24 aircraft attacked from under cloud cover. Aaron Ward took the first hit at 18:41. An instant later Little was hit on the portside. Within 4 minutes three more enemy kamikazes had hit her, breaking her keel, demolishing the amidship section, and opening all three after machinery spaces. At 19:55 Little broke up and went down. Thirty-one of the Little's approximately 320 crew members perished, while another 49 suffered injuries.
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Entered the service from California.
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