Bering Strait
Pilots and aircrew proved not the only beneficiaries of "Bering Strait"s controlled rescue missions. On 27 May 1945, two "kamikaze" suicide aircraft crashed the destroyer . One "Bering Strait"-based PBM rescued ten men from the ship while a second stood by in case the need arose to fly critically hurt sailors to medical treatment. On other occasions, "Bering Strait"s planes escorted damaged aircraft to safety, or directed ships to the assistance of survivors in the water.