Following the attack, No. 12 Squadron's surviving aircraft dropped supplies to the survivors of sunken ships and conducted patrols of the area around Darwin.

Flusser shot down at least one of these, and aided survivors of stricken ships, screening Lamson (DD-367) back to San Pedro.

She departed the battle zone 8 May with 866 survivors of ships damaged by kamikazes.

She fired with success to drive off kamikazes, rescued survivors of damaged ships, bombarded shore targets, and saved many downed aviators.

On the 3rd, she added patrol operations to her duties; and, on the 7th, she assisted in rescue operations for survivors of ships kamikazied on the 6th.

Winslow made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.

Along with rescuing survivors of mined ships and downed pilots, Frankford drove off enemy E-boat attacks.

The ship that had seen so much previous action and had been credited with rescuing 180 survivors of other stricken ships was herself sunk.

They, like the humans, were probably survivors of ships engulfed the way the Lady of Mercyhad been.

As the storm abated the next day, she searched for survivors of damaged and lost ships.