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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

Name Service Branchsort descending
F 1c Ivan Duval USN
Sea 1c Sidney Rowe USN
MM 2c Clayton Oelke USN
Sea 2c Robert Stettler USN
MM 1c Clyde Bryant USN
Sea 2c Samuel Marsh USN
BM 2c Clarence Johnson USN
WT 2c William Kern USN
F 1c Raymond Holland USN
Sea 1c Virgil Engelhart USN
Sea 1c Jack Draper USN
Sea 1c C. Rowe USN
CGM John Poston USN
F 2c Thomas Staten USN
Lt(jg) Lewis Davis USN
Sea 1c Henry Buchanan USN
RM 3c Mitchell Marks USN
MM 2c Harold Kahn USN
Bkr 3c William Keller USN
MM 1c Jesse Hill USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN Ret.