Reuben James, DD-245, stood between convoy HX-156 and any German subs out there, about 600 miles west of Ireland. Launched in 1920, before many of her sailors had been born, ...

The USS Reuben James (DD-245) was a four-funnel Clemson-class destroyer named after U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Reuben James (1776 – 1838), a hero of the First Barbary War.

The USS Reuben James (DD-245) leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard after being recommissioned by USS Dobbin (AD-3) on March 9, 1932. The destroyer was sunk October 31, 1941, after a German U-boat ...

On Oct. 31, 1941, the Navy destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat while on convoy duty off Iceland, with the loss of 100 crew members, including all officers. Although not… ...