File:USS Evans (DD-552) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 28 July 1945.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Evans (DD-552) showing her battle damage upon arrival at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 28 July 1945. Evans had been hit by four kamikaze suicide planes off Okinawa on the night of 10-11 May 1945. After emergency repairs at Kerama Retto, Evans was towed to San Francisco, where she was decommissioned 7 November 1945. She was sold for scrap on 11 February 1947.
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Source U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo 5494-45 from Navsource.org
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current18:16, 17 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 18:16, 17 December 2009800 × 304 (50 KB)Bonewah (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Broadside view of the USS ''Evans'' (DD 552) showing her battle damage upon arrival at Mare Island on 28 July 1945.}} |Source=http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/552.htm |Author=Navy Photo 5494-45 |Date=28 July 1945

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