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Eversole

Ship Designation: 
DE-404
Date Lost: 
Sunday, October 29, 1944
Submarine Attack
During the Battle for Leyte Gulf, when a decisive victory was won after great hazard to the escort carriers and their screens, Eversole screened two of the damaged carriers, rescued downed pilots, and took wounded off one of the carriers. In the early morning of 28 October, Eversole gained sonar contact with a possible submarine. Soon after gaining sonar contact Eversole suffered the first of two torpedo hits. The ship was ordered abandoned, and after the men were all in the water, the submarine surfaced and opened fire, then dived once more. Five minutes later, there was a tremendous underwater explosion which killed or wounded all of Eversole's men. Lights from the survivors' flashlights attracted two other escorts, one of which rescued the 139 wounded survivors, as the other began a series of attacks which sank I-45, presumably the submarine which had torpedoed Eversole.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 80

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Sea 2c Robert Horner USN
Sea 1c William Holder USN
F 1c Lawrence Hitchcock USN
F 1c Charles Hemstreet USN
Sea 1c Reuben Heffel USN
F 1c Robert Hayes USN
MM 3c Rondall Harbaugh USN
F 1c Lawrence Hamner USN
F 1c George Hagedorn USN
SOM 3c Nick Griz USN
F 1c Dayton Green USN
CM 2c Noah Graham USN
QM 3c John German USN
F 1c Thomas Galvin USN
F 1c Charles Frierson USN
MM 1c Alvin Finley USN
Sea 2c Albert Faatz USN
F 2c Earl Exum USN
WT 3c Nelson Elliot USN
EM 3c Jack Dropkin USN

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