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Asheville

Ship Designation: 
PG-21
Date Lost: 
Wednesday, March 3, 1943
Action south of Java
While attempting to proceed to Australia and hampered by chronic engine problems, Asheville was steaming toward a designated rendezvous point 500 miles SW of Tjilatjap to join up with other units of Asiatic Fleet. Unbeknownst to Asheville rendezvous point had been compromised and Japanese destroyer and cruiser were lying in wait for the arrival of US forces. Japanese poured gunfire into Asheville for 30 minutes rendering grave damage. ... The ship sank from gunfire damage sustained from Japanese attack and 160 members of the crew went down with the ship. There was one survivor who was rescued by Japanese destroyer and interred in a POW camp in the Celebes. He died in March 1945 while a prisoner of the Japanese.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 169

Name Service Branchsort descending
Ptr 1c Malcolm Tadlock USN
Sea 1c Earlie Terry USN
SC 3c Kenneth Terry USN
Sea 1c George Weeks USN
Sea 1c Irel Warren USN
Sea 1c James Watkins USN
Sea 1c Billy Westfall USN
MM 2c Walter White USN
CM 1c William Wood USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)