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… ...

“Have You Heard of a Ship Called the Good Reuben James…”. The USS Reuben James (DD-245) was a four-funnel Clemson-class destroyer named after U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Reuben James (1776 ...

The Reuben James had become the first of many American ships sunk in WWII. When news reached the US mainland, many people were outraged; some assumed that war would be declared on Nazi Germany ...

On October 23, 1941, US Navy destroyer USS Reuben James left Newfoundland to escort a convoy bound for Britain. Two days later, the German U-boat U-552 left the French port of St. Nazaire to prowl ...

On October 31, 1941, USS Reuben James became the first US warship sunk by enemy action in World War II. It was the culmination of months of fighting between the US and German navies in the ...

The former frigate USS Reuben James (FFG-57) was sunk in January during a test of the Navy’s new anti-surface warfare (ASuW) variant of the SM-6.

On Oct. 31, 1941, more than a month before the United States entered World War II, a German submarine torpedoed and sunk a U.S. destroyer, the USS Reuben James.

Reuben James News from United Press International. On Oct. 31, 1941, more than a month before the United States entered World War II, a German submarine torpedoed and sunk a U.S. destroyer, the ...

Cosgrove Pool honors Brockton’s first WWII hero, Lonnie Cosgrove, with a plaque unveiling decades after his 1941 sacrifice.

The frigate USS Reuben James is heading out on its last deployment today as the Navy prepares to decommission it and another frigate — the USS Crommelin — the last two in Pearl Harbor. The ...

On Oct. 31, 1941, the Navy destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat while on convoy duty off Iceland, ... 120 Included In Ship’s Normal Crew.