USS Callaghan (DD-792)
| Navy | US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 792 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 21 Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 1 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 27 Nov 1943 |
| Lost | 28 Jul 1945 |
| Loss position | Sunk by Japanese aircraft about 50 nautical miles south-west of Okinawa in position 25º43'N, 126º55'E, |
| History | 47
crew and 1 Officer
were killed and 75 wounded there are 273 survivors which include the
Commanding officer Commander Charles Marriner Bertholf who were rescued by
the USS Cassin Young/Prichett/LCS .She was the last Allied ship sunk by a Kamikaze during the war. |
