sentences:  , beached and abandoned after being hit by a suicide plane during the Mindoro landings of November 1944, was patched, refloated, and towed to Ulithi for temporary repairs by "Piedmont" which would permit her return to the United States under her own power.On 20 April made port with a 3-by-5-foot hole in her sheer strake, port side, for repair by "Piedmont"., having suffered extensive damage to her port side bridge structure during a collision with a carrier while refueling, came alongside 1 May.