Sep 18, Thu. Atlantic U.S. Navy ships escort eastbound British trans-Atlantic convoy for first time: TU.4.1.1 (Captain Morton L. Deyo), comprising destroyers Ericsson (DD-440), Eberle (DD-430), Ellis (DD-154), Dallas (DD-199), and Upshur (DD-144), assumes ocean escort duties for convoy HX 150, 150 miles south of Newfoundland
Sep 26, Fri. Atlantic Navy orders protection of all ships engaged in commerce in U.S. defensive waters--by patrolling, covering, escorting, and by reporting or destroying German and Italian naval forces encountered.
Oct 16, Thu. Atlantic Battle to protect convoy SC 48 continues. German submarines U-502 and U-568 reestablish contact before retiring upon arrival of TU 4.1.4 (Captain Hewlett Thebaud). Destroyer Livermore (DD-429) sweeps ahead of the convoy, depth-charges U-553; destroyer Kearny (DD-432), sweeping astern, drops charges to discourage tracking submarines.
. . .
SC 48 is the first U.S. Navy-escorted convoy to engage German submarines in battle, but despite the presence of the three modern U.S. destroyers and two flush-deckers--Decatur (DD-341) and HMCS Columbia [ex-U.S. destroyer Haraden (DD-183)], and four Canadian corvettes, the enemy torpedoes six ships and an escort vessel in a total elapsed time of four hours and forty-seven minutes.
Oct 18, Mon. Atlantic . . .Destroyers Plunkett (DD-431), Livermore (DD-429) and Decatur (DD-341), meanwhile, make concerted depth charge attacks on sound contacts at 54°53'N, 33°08'W with no visible results.
Oct 30, Thu. Atlantic Oiler Salinas (AO-19), in convoy ON 28, is torpedoed by German submarine U-106 about 700 miles east of Newfoundland. Only one of Salinas's crew is injured. TU 4.1.6 (Commander George W. Johnson), screening ON 28, attacks sound contacts; destroyer Bernadou (DD-153) carries out five depth charge attacks and fires at what was most likely German submarine U-67, forcing her to submerge; DuPont (DD-152) carries out three depth charge attacks; MacLeish (DD-220) and Sampson (DD-394) one apiece.
Oct 31, Fri. Atlantic Destroyer Reuben James (DD-245), while escorting 42-ship convoy HX 156, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-552 off western Iceland, 51°59'N, 27°05'W; 115 men are killed. No merchantmen in HX 156 are attacked. . . . The loss of Reuben James, the first U.S. naval vessel to be lost to enemy action in World War II, proves a temporary detriment to Navy recruiting efforts.
TU 4.1.6 (Commander George W. Johnson), screening ON 28, carries out vigorous attacks on sound contacts: destroyer Babbitt (DD-128) carries out two, while Buck (DD-420), DuPont (DD-152) (which is attacked by U-boat but missed), Leary (DD-158) and Sampson (DD-394) one attack apiece.
Atlantic German submarine U-43 again attacks unarmed U.S. tanker Astral and this time torpedoes and sinks her at 35°40'N, 24°00'W. There are no survivors from the 37-man merchant crew.
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Re: To be specific...
Date: 2007-09-21 07:12 am (UTC)Atlantic
U.S. Navy ships escort eastbound British trans-Atlantic convoy for first time: TU.4.1.1 (Captain Morton L. Deyo), comprising destroyers Ericsson (DD-440), Eberle (DD-430), Ellis (DD-154), Dallas (DD-199), and Upshur (DD-144), assumes ocean escort duties for convoy HX 150, 150 miles south of Newfoundland
Sep 26, Fri.
Atlantic
Navy orders protection of all ships engaged in commerce in U.S. defensive waters--by patrolling, covering, escorting, and by reporting or destroying German and Italian naval forces encountered.
Oct 16, Thu.
Atlantic
Battle to protect convoy SC 48 continues. German submarines U-502 and U-568 reestablish contact before retiring upon arrival of TU 4.1.4 (Captain Hewlett Thebaud). Destroyer Livermore (DD-429) sweeps ahead of the convoy, depth-charges U-553; destroyer Kearny (DD-432), sweeping astern, drops charges to discourage tracking submarines.
. . .
SC 48 is the first U.S. Navy-escorted convoy to engage German submarines in battle, but despite the presence of the three modern U.S. destroyers and two flush-deckers--Decatur (DD-341) and HMCS Columbia [ex-U.S. destroyer Haraden (DD-183)], and four Canadian corvettes, the enemy torpedoes six ships and an escort vessel in a total elapsed time of four hours and forty-seven minutes.
Oct 18, Mon.
Atlantic
. . .Destroyers Plunkett (DD-431), Livermore (DD-429) and Decatur (DD-341), meanwhile, make concerted depth charge attacks on sound contacts at 54°53'N, 33°08'W with no visible results.
Oct 30, Thu.
Atlantic
Oiler Salinas (AO-19), in convoy ON 28, is torpedoed by German submarine U-106 about 700 miles east of Newfoundland. Only one of Salinas's crew is injured. TU 4.1.6 (Commander George W. Johnson), screening ON 28, attacks sound contacts; destroyer Bernadou (DD-153) carries out five depth charge attacks and fires at what was most likely German submarine U-67, forcing her to submerge; DuPont (DD-152) carries out three depth charge attacks; MacLeish (DD-220) and Sampson (DD-394) one apiece.
Oct 31, Fri.
Atlantic
Destroyer Reuben James (DD-245), while escorting 42-ship convoy HX 156, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-552 off western Iceland, 51°59'N, 27°05'W; 115 men are killed. No merchantmen in HX 156 are attacked. . . . The loss of Reuben James, the first U.S. naval vessel to be lost to enemy action in World War II, proves a temporary detriment to Navy recruiting efforts.
TU 4.1.6 (Commander George W. Johnson), screening ON 28, carries out vigorous attacks on sound contacts: destroyer Babbitt (DD-128) carries out two, while Buck (DD-420), DuPont (DD-152) (which is attacked by U-boat but missed), Leary (DD-158) and Sampson (DD-394) one attack apiece.
Atlantic
German submarine U-43 again attacks unarmed U.S. tanker Astral and this time torpedoes and sinks her at 35°40'N, 24°00'W. There are no survivors from the 37-man merchant crew.