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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 descending Service Branch
F 1c George Ostrowski USN
Sea 2c Robert Palmer USN
F 1c Anello Papa USN
WT 2c Joseph Patingre USN
MM 3c William Patterson USN
Cox Thomas Payne USN
MM 1c William Peck USN
MM 3c John Pienciak USN
Y 3c John Porter USN
MM 2c Angelo Postiglion USN
CGM John Poston USN
Sea 2c Urban Rassatt USN
MM 2c Theodore Reichert USN
CY Harry Robinson USN
F 2c Henry Rogers USN
Sea 1c Sidney Rowe USN
Sea 1c C. Rowe USN
MM 3c James Rowley USN
WO David Ryan USN
Bkr 2c William Sanders USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN Ret.