June 5, 1945
...South of Naha the Mississippi (BB 41), steaming 2 miles astern of Louisville (CA 28) was hit around 1930 by two kamikazes. In spite of her age damage was slight. At 1932, the Louisville, also on fire support, was kamikazed on the port side in the vicinity of the well deck. Her plane and catapult were demolished, #1 stack was destroyed and four boilers were knocked out of commission. She anchored near Yolo around 2240. Fifty- four men were killed or wounded.
USS Mississippi BB-41
USS Mississippi (BB-41) bombarding Luzon, during the Lingayen operation, 8 January 1945. She is followed by USS West Virginia (BB-48) and HMAS Shropshire (73).

Arriving off Okinawa on May 6, 1945, USS Mississippi commenced firing on Japanese positions including Shuri Castle. Continuing to support Allied forces ashore, Mississippi took another kamikaze hit on June 5. This struck the ship's starboard side, but did not force it to retire. The battleship stayed off Okinawa bombarding targets until June 16.
USS Louisville CA-28
April 1945

USS Louisville returned to the war in May 1945 after repairs of damage sustained from two kamikaze strikes in Jan 1945. She was assigned to Task Force 54 to provide naval gunfire support during the Okinawa Campaign, where she was once again hit by a suicide aircraft on 5 Jun; after temporary repairs, she was back on the firing line by 9 Jun, but departed for Pearl Harbor for permanent repairs a week later. She was at Pearl Harbor when the war ended.