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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 ascending
Sea 1c Neil Smith USN
MM 3c Chester Smith USN
MM 2c Harry Smart USN
SK 2c Randall Simonson USN
Sea 1c Robert Rhoades USN
Bug 1c Sergio Rayandayan USN
Lt(jg) Glen Rings USN
Sea 1c Merle Riggs USN
CM 3c Herman Richter USN
CMM Edward Romeo USN
GM 2c Con Sanderson USN
Sea 1c Charles Sawyer USN
MM 3c G. Morgan USN
Lt George Moseley USN
Sea 2c Jose Parcero USN
Lt Kenneth Pound USN
MM 3c Lee Price USN
F 1c William Radney USN
RM 1c George Pegg USN
CBM John Petroff USN

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