Destroyer Squadron 62
World War II Operations
Off Okinawa in April, Haynsworth was badly damaged by a suicide strike on the 6th. She retired to the West Coast for repairs and did not return to the war zone during the war. Hank also sustained damage from a strike on the 11th.
Less Haynsworth, the squadron joined the Third Fleet off Japan during the summer. On 9 August, Hank—for the second time—and Borie became the last two American destroyers struck by suicide aircaft in the war.
