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Pillsbury

Ship Designation: 
DD-227
Date Lost: 
Sunday, March 1, 1942
Action south of Java
Pillsbury and the remnants of the Asiatic Fleet were fighting a holding action, staging out of Balikpapan and Tjilatjap, ports in the Netherlands East Indies when they encountered a powerful Japanese force operating to the south of Java. ... The Japanese force consisted of four battleships, five cruisers, aircraft carrier Soryu and the destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 4. In a night surface action, Pillsbury and Asheville were sunk by teamwork firing of three cruisers and two destroyers in Bali Strait, Netherlands East Indies. ... No survivors were picked up by the Japanese warships.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 185

Name Service Branchsort ascending
RM 2c August Menichetti USN
Sea 1c Paul Mitchell USN
B 1c Truman Mccaslin USN
MM 1c Paul Lilley USN
MM 1c Paul Lenz USN
SM 2c Ernest Marette USN
Sea 2c John Manion USN
TM 3c Robert Marshall USN
BM 1c Alfred Lussier USN
MM 1c Harry Wood USN
CMM John Wood USN
F 1c Howard Wise USN
Sea 1c Charles Wise USN
Sea 1c Paul Winburn USN
MM 2c Dwyce Wince USN
MM 2c Fred Williams USN
CM 3c John Williams USN
Sea 1c Paris Williams USN
FC 2c Johnnie Wilmoth USN
MM 3c Robert Wiles USN

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