operations on 27 April, Hutchins was attacked by a Japanese Shin'yō-class suicide motorboat that had slipped through the formation and dropped an explosive charge close to her hull. Hutchins was shaken violently by the explosion and was severely damaged but no casualties were suffered and flooding was brought under control. The ship retired to Kerama Retto for temporary repairs, then steamed to Portland, Oregon, 15 July 1945. Still undergoing repairs at the end of the war Hutchins was towed to Puget Sound 20 September 1945, decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington 30 November 1945, and sold for scrap in January 1948 to Learner & Co., Oakland, California. HonorsHutchins'' received six battle stars for World War II service. See also References External links navsource.org: USS Hutchins hazegray.org: USS Hutchins World War II destroyers of the United States Ships built in Boston 1942 ships Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy