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Leopold

Ship Designation: 
DE-319
Date Lost: 
Thursday, March 9, 1944
Torpedo Attack off Iceland
Leopold departed New York March 1, as convoy screening ship bound for Great Britain. Leopold gained sonar contact March 9, on possible submarine contact. ... While investigating she was struck by an acoustic torpedo launched from German U-255. ... Suffering major damage from the torpedo attack, Leopold was abandoned with the loss of 171 crew members. ... 28 survivors were rescued by her sister ship USS Joyce (DE 317). Leopold remained afloat several hours after being abandoned but later sank

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 167

Name Service Branchsort descending
QM 1c Gayhart Laroche USCG
Lt(jg) Kenneth Nelson USCG
MOMM 2c Edward Savage USCG
MOMM 2c Lester Wahl USCG
Std 1c Eddie Samson USCG
CPhM Augustus Kerr USCG
Sea 1c John Austgen USCG
Lt Burtis Cone USCG
F 2c Bartolo Diluvio USCG
RDM 3c Harold Haun USCG
EM 1c Theodore Larson USCG
Sea 2c Charles Nicholas USCG
RM 3c William Schmalfuss USCG
Sea 1c John Wassmer USCG
PhM 3c Joseph Savoy USCG
Sea 2c Bob Klein USCG
Sea 2c Joseph Balczon USCG
MOMM 2c William Clark USCG
Lt(jg) Harold Duhamel USCG
SM 3c Daniel Hayes USCG

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