 Sunday 1 April 1945, D-Day for Okinawa, was very nearly "Hinsdale's" last day in the Pacific.As she steamed toward the transport area through the pre-dawn blackness, marines already on deck and ready to disembark, "Hinsdale's" lookouts spotted an enemy plane skimming low over the water.With only a few seconds warning, "Hinsdale" could not evade the kamikaze; at 0600 the suicide plane crashed into her port side just above the water line and ripped into the engine room.