She anchored in Buckner Bay in Okinawa alongside Tennessee. On 12 August a Japanese torpedo plane penetrated undetected and launched a torpedo at Pennsylvania, which lay at anchor. Hit well aft, Pennsylvania suffered extensive damage. The torpedo’s impact caused a hole of approximately 30 ft (9.1 m) in diameter in her stern. Twenty men were killed and ten, including Admiral Oldendorf, injured.[14][15] Many compartments were flooded and Pennsylvania settled heavily by the stern. The flooding was brought under control by Pennsylvania’s repair parties and with the prompt assistance of two salvage tugs. The following day, she was towed to shallower water where salvage operations continued.
USS Pennsylvania after being hit by 1 torpedo while anchored at Buckner Bay, August 12th, 1945
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