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It’s homeport is Naval Station Norfolk, and CBS 8 was given a unique opportunity to tour the ship as part of the base’s "Sailor for a Day" experience.

USS  Morrison (DD-560) underway, in a photo taken from USS  Gambier Bay (CVE-73). Another aircraft carrier can be seen in the distance. National Archives photograph, USN 243852. The mass assaults by kamikazes against the Fifth Fleet off Okinawa, although doing severe damage to ships and their crews, was not the success the Empire of Japan hoped it would be. Despite the sinking of several smaller U.S. Navy vessels in March and April, the ships taking the brunt of the  Kikusui operations re...