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Pecos

Ship Designation: 
AO-6
Date Lost: 
Sunday, March 1, 1942
Air Attack Near Christmas Island
In early 1942, Pecos headed for Surabaja, Java where she fueled Allied ships. Departing after a Japanese air raid had made that base untenable, Tjilatjap then became the oiler's base. Underway in late February en route to India she rendezvoused with Whipple and Edsall to take Langley survivors when enemy land based planes attacked the three ships. After fighting off the raiders, the US ships steamed south out of range and completed the transfer 1 March. ... Japanese aircraft from carrier Soryu attacked Pecos andstruck again an hour later. Finally at midafternoon, a third strike sent theveteran oiler to the bottom. Whipple raced to the scene and rescued 232 survivors. Pecos suffered 172 fatalities during the attack

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 171

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Lt Joseph Lacombe USN
Stm 1c Tomas Lacaman USN
CMM John Kraus USN
SK 2c Vincent Koenig USN
GM 3c Frank Kocsis USN
Sea 1c Frederick Klefisch USN
MM 3c Lawrence Kinney USN
WT 2c William Kern USN
F 1c Bernard Kennedy USN
Bkr 3c William Keller USN
MM 2c Harold Kahn USN
Ck 3c Esperidion Joyo USN
BM 2c Clarence Johnson USN
SM 1c Robert Jensen USN
Y 1c Leo Imbush USN
MM 1c Earl Hubert USN
EM 2c George Howrey USN
RM 2c Wilson Howard USN
F 1c Raymond Holland USN
MM 1c Jesse Hill USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN Ret.