About Revisions USS Emmons DD-475 / DMS-22 Nago, Okinawa, Japan More Info Max Depth: 141-150ft/43-46m Average Viz: 36-40ft/11-12m Entry Type: Boat Bottom Composition: Sand Aquatic Life: Plenty To See Spring: 71-75°F/22-24°C Summer: 81-85°F/27-29°C Fall: 76-80°F/24-27°C Winter: 66-70°F/19-21°C 7/27/2008 3:57 PM

Ship History
On picket duty off Iheya Jima in April 1945 as part of Operation Iceberg. It was a survivor of Operation Overlord and Operation Dragoon in France prior to Its duties in Okinawa as a minesweeper.
At 1630 On April 6, 1945 while assisting its sister ship, the burning USS Rodman, the Emmons was hit by five Kamikaze planes from the Japanese strike force in less than two minutes With the stern smashed and most of the superstructure gone, it drifted towards Kouri Jima where it was purposely sunk with ninety-six 5 inch rounds from the USS Ellyson. Of the 254 members of the crew, fifty were killed or missing in action and sixty-five were wounded.


In 1965, Emmons — via stock footage— appeared in Gilligan’s Island episode “Forget Me Not”, steaming alongside USS Grayson(DD-435), representing U.S. Navy ships looking for the stranded castaways.