Summary 0f Damage Suffered by Task Force KING36
Hornet--Fatally damaged by enemy air attack.
Enterprise--Two bomb hits and various damaging near-hits.
South Dakota--One bomb hit on turret No. 1. Some damage to guns of turret No. 2.
San Juan--One bomb hit.
Porter--Torpedoed by a submarine and sunk by our forces.
Smith--Damaged by torpedo plane crashing into No. 1 gun mount, setting heavy fires.
Footnote
36 This may be compared with the damage inflicted upon the enemy as summarized on p. 55.
Last updated: June 29, 2003
Transcribed and formatted by Jerry Holden for the HyperWar Foundation