The suicide bombers proved effective, sinking 34 ships and damaging hundreds of others, but they nevertheless failed to stop American reinforcements from arriving on the island. On 7 April the large Japanese battleship Yamato was sent out to use a kamikaze method, codenamed Ten-Go, but it was sunk before it could attack the invasion fleet. Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito and the commander of the battleship, Kosaku Aruga, were killed in the fatal mission, and the battleship was destroyed before it could engage the US Navy.
The suicide bombers were successful in causing significant damage to American ships, but they failed to stop reinforcements from arriving on the island. On April 7th, the Yamato was sent out to use a kamikaze tactic called Ten-Go, but it was sunk before it could engage the US Navy. The mission resulted in the deaths of Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito and the battleship's commander, Kosaku Aruga.