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Jacob Jones

Ship Designation: 
DD-61
Date Lost: 
Thursday, December 6, 1917
U-Boat Attack near Isles of Scilly
On December 6, 1917, while en route from Brest, France, to Queenstown, USS Jacob Jones was torpedoed by the German submarine U-53. ... U-53's torpedo hit Jacob Jones starboard fuel oil tank at 1621 hours. Despite best efforts from the crew, as her stern sank, her depth charges went off. Eight minutes later the order to abandon was made by Commander Bagley. ... Her survivors were rescued by British ships after the German submarine's Commanding Officer reported their location by radio. ... Jacob Jones was the first US Destroyer lost during the First World War.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 65

Name Service Branchsort descending
Electrician 3rd Howard Plant USN
Chief Quartermas Simon Steiner USN
Coxswain Ralph Williams USN
Fireman 2nd clas James Barannigan USN
Fireman 1st clas Jose Mendes USN
Chief Machinist George Merkel USN
Water Tender George Dolezal USN
Ship's Cook 3rd Charlie Sanford USN
Commissary Stewa Wallace Simpson USN
Quartermaster 1s Richard Stark USN
Seaman 2nd class John Michalic USN
Chief Water Tend John Cooney USN
Quartermaster 3r Carl Ebisch USN
Water Tender John Mcginty USN
Ship's Cook 1st Walter Morrissette USN
Fireman 3rd clas Simon Murphy USN
Fireman 3rd clas Joseph Murphy USN
Water Tender Adolph Phillips USN
Oiler George Pote USN
Fireman 3rd clas George Rogers USN

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