Attack on IJN Battleship ISE - Carrier Air Group 87

Japanese Battleship "ISE" destroyed by Air Group's Planes

On 19 March 1945, Battleship ISE, while docked at Kure without fuel or aircraft was attacked by more than 240 aircraft and was hit by two bombs. Re-designated as a fourth-class reserve ship on 20 April, Ise was towed to the island of Ondo Seto (between Kure and Kurahashijima) to serve as a floating anti-aircraft battery. She was attacked again on 24 July by 60 carrier-based aircraft, whose bombs hit the starboard bow, flight deck, main deck, No. 3 turret and bridge, killing Captain Mutaguchi, other bridge personnel, and around 50 crewmen; many other crewmen were wounded.
The ship settled by the bow and it took three days to pump her dry and the IJN planned to drydock her for repairs. On 28 July she was struck by five 450 kg (1,000 lb) bombs and eleven more bombs dropped by aircraft from the Task Force.