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Which U.S. destroyer was the first ship sunk by a baka weapon?
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Battle of Okinawa
U.S. Marines battling for control of a ridge near Naha, Okinawa, May 1945.
The U.S. destroyer that became the first ship sunk by a baka weapon was the USS Abele. This event occurred on April 12, 1945, in the seas off Okinawa.12
The baka was a piloted, rocket-powered cruise missile designed for kamikaze use. It was typically carried to within range of its target by a bomber plane before being released to glide and then accelerate toward its objective using rocket engines.132