These pickets were to give advance warning of Japanese air attack, particularly by kamikaze aircraft.

Such tactics even extended to the construction of dedicated kamikaze aircraft, such as the Ohka.

On December 13, she was struck by a kamikaze aircraft off Negros Island in the Philippines.

The ship was damaged when struck by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 12 April 1945 while on radar picket duty off Okinawa.

As they were the nearest ships to the Japanese airfields, and hence the first seen, they were often heavily attacked by kamikaze aircraft.

She was sunk by a kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa on 22 April 1945.

This one-seat kamikaze aircraft, capable of carrying one 800 kg (1,760 lb) bomb, was put into production in February 1945.

On 29 November, Maryland was attacked and severely damaged by kamikaze aircraft, and forced to return to Pearl Harbor for repairs.

She was sunk by kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, being the first kamikaze casualty of the war.

The first use of kamikaze aircraft took place following the Leyte landings.