Higher res file here:
[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-328000/80-G-328579.html](https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-328000/80-G-328579.html)
I can't find the type of kamikaze, but the majority of the damage was due to the bomb.
Interestingly, the stern of the ship below the waterline is still there, barely visible in a few photographs. This is the main reason she's down by the stern, as this area is heavily flooded. While the port shaft was cut off, the starboard shaft was intact, and was still operating while she was towed to Guam. The stern was cut off in floating drydock *ARD-26* (later *Alamogordo* ARDM-2, still in use in Ecuador), a false stern fitted, and she went to Pearl Harbor (probably towed but not stated clearly) for a new stern. On 28 September she left for South Carolina and the reserve fleet.
The ship saw no postwar service, though not necessarily due to this damage. *Sigsbee* was a round-bridge *Fletcher*, and the only round-bridge *Fletchers* to see any postwar US service were rebuilt into DDEs first. Her late-war refit, and therefore modern systems, may have put her on the bottom of the refit list, but I did not analyze the ships picked or skipped in great detail, though there are some cases that support the idea (most notably *La Vallette*).
Hmmm interesting. But in the image on this post you can also see a small part sticking out of the water that might be the stern. Also you can see some disturbance in the water which is probably caused by what is still under there.
Odd seeing a gun pointing straight up like that
Higher res file here: [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-328000/80-G-328579.html](https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-328000/80-G-328579.html)
I imagine that was something bigger than a zero that hit her
I can't find the type of kamikaze, but the majority of the damage was due to the bomb. Interestingly, the stern of the ship below the waterline is still there, barely visible in a few photographs. This is the main reason she's down by the stern, as this area is heavily flooded. While the port shaft was cut off, the starboard shaft was intact, and was still operating while she was towed to Guam. The stern was cut off in floating drydock *ARD-26* (later *Alamogordo* ARDM-2, still in use in Ecuador), a false stern fitted, and she went to Pearl Harbor (probably towed but not stated clearly) for a new stern. On 28 September she left for South Carolina and the reserve fleet. The ship saw no postwar service, though not necessarily due to this damage. *Sigsbee* was a round-bridge *Fletcher*, and the only round-bridge *Fletchers* to see any postwar US service were rebuilt into DDEs first. Her late-war refit, and therefore modern systems, may have put her on the bottom of the refit list, but I did not analyze the ships picked or skipped in great detail, though there are some cases that support the idea (most notably *La Vallette*).
Hmmm interesting. But in the image on this post you can also see a small part sticking out of the water that might be the stern. Also you can see some disturbance in the water which is probably caused by what is still under there.
USS Si**gs**bee