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Ross

Ship Designation: 
DD-563
Date Lost: 
Thursday, October 19, 1944
Mined off Leyte
Arriving off Dinagat Island Ross provided coverage for the landings there, then joined TU 77.2.6 to provide cover for the minesweeping and hydrography unit. Her duty ended abruptly when Ross struck a mine under the forward engineroom and fireroom, and began to list to port. Subsequently she struck a second mine in the vicinity of the after engineroom. The list increased to 14° as Chickasaw (ATF-83) and Preserver (ARS-8) closed to render assistance. Casualties from the mine explosions were 23 crewmembers killed, and nine injured. While damage repairs were ongoing, the anchorage was attacked by Japanese planes. Shrapnel injured two more from Ross's crew.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 25

Namesort descending Service Branch
WT 2c Wade Anderson USN
EM 3c James Boyd USN
MM 1c Stanley Brown USN
MM 3c A. Dyke USN
EM 1c Robert Ferrell USN
MM 3c Thomas Gallagher USN
MM 1c Leslie Grizzell USN
F 1c John Hauser USN
MM 2c James Johnson USN
F 1c Stanley Kandybowicz USN
MM 1c Thomas Luckett USN
MM 1c James Marmon USN
MM 1c Robert Meadows USN
EM 1c Thomas Murphy USN
MM 1c Emmett Mustin USN
Wt 3c Robert Penland USN
F 2c Paul Reyes USN
MM 2c Sidney Rigby USN
F 1c Wesley Scott USN
F 1c Denver Shreve USN

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