The warship screened the transports for the remainder of the first day of the Okinawa landings and, after being relieved of that duty the following dawn, visited "White" beach for a conference between UDT-21's commanding officer and the beachmaster on post-assault demolition needs. "Bunch" then left the beachhead at 1500 and took up night screening station A-20. Around dusk, however, she went to general quarters after observing a small convoy under attack by five enemy planes. "Bunch" took two of them under fire despite the fact that they were just out of range. One crashed the attack transport , and the other started a run on "Bunch" but turned away when she opened fire. Instead, he tried to bomb but missed. At that point, he turned and crashed "Dickerson".