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Kearny

Ship Designation: 
DD-432
Date Lost: 
Friday, October 17, 1941
U-Boat Attack in North Atlantic
While Kearny was escorting a convoy in the North Atlantic before the United States entered the war, three convoy merchant ships were torpedoed 16 October.Kearny immediately began dropping depth charges and continued to barrage throughout the night. At the beginning of the midwatch 17 October, a torpedo struck Kearny on starboard side. The capable crew confined flooding to the forward Fire room enabling the ship to get out of the danger zone with power from the aft fire room. Regaining power in the forward fire room, Kearny steamed to Iceland at 10 knots, arriving 19 October. Kearny lost 11 bluejackets and 22 others were injured in this attack.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 11

Name Service Branchsort ascending
F 1c George Calvert USN
SC 1c Floyd Camp USN
WT 1c Luther Curtis USN
PhM 2c Lloyd Lafleur USN
F 1c Sidney Larriviere USN
WT 2c Louis Dobnikar USN
WT 1c Herman Gajeway USN
F 1c Iral Stoltz USN
F 2c Russell Wade USN
Sea 2c Dwight Pyle USN
MM 2c Harry Young USN
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships