> >Brett > >Roosevelt authorised the US Navy to hit back after 2 destroyers were > >attacked by U-boats in September and October 1941 (one of them sunk). > ><snip> > > > From: "John Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > U.S.S. Reuben James, torpedoed by a U-Boat, and went down with practically > all hands. Also the subject of a folk song by (if memory serves) Woody Guthrie. >
Looks like that makes 3. The two I knew of, courtesy of "The World at War" p97 are: * USS Grear in Sept 41, attacked but not sunk * USS Kearney attacked and sunk in October 41 I vaguely recalled that a US destroyer sank a U-boat before Pearl Harbour, but after checking www.u-boat.net, found that wasn't so. US ships had attacked U-boats during 1941 but hadn't sunk any. Apparently there are rumours (and that's all they are) of U-boats off the US coast sending crew ashore to buy bread and other supplies. Looks like the idea I had of a U-boat attack inside New York falls into the same category - urban myth. But some 397 ships were sunk off the US coast during 1941/42, and only about 7 U-boats sunk in that time (off America). Brett
