June 30, 200620 yr Author Date: March 2, 1943 (morning) Location: North Atlantic, south of Greenland Weather: Overcast, medium fog, medium wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1943) Enemy force encountered: Task force (including 6 x Bogue escort carriers !) Results: CV32: Tonnage: 57,620 warship; Renown: 2,370 Sunk: 4 x Bogue Escort Carrier, 1 x Buckley DE Brains: Tonnage: 34,278 warship; Renown: 1,730 Sunk: 2 x Bogue Escort Carrier, 1 x Buckley DE, 4 x Evarts DD TonyE: Tonnage: 2,800 warship; Renown: 240 Sunk: 2 x Buckley DE Friendly Losses: CV32: Depth charged (Buckleys' mixture really does taste awful )
July 2, 200620 yr Author Date: June 2, 1943 (morning) Location: North Atlantic, south of Greenland Weather: Overcast, heavy fog, medium wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1943) Enemy force encountered: Task force (including at least 3 x Bogue escort carriers !) Results: Brains: Tonnage: 33,502 warship; Renown: 1,630 Sunk: 2 x Bogue Escort Carrier, 3 x Buckley DE, 1 x Evarts DE TonyE: Tonnage: 5,184 warship; Renown: 1,730 Sunk: 2 x Buckley DE, 2 x Evarts DE CV32: Tonnage: 2,592 warship; Renown: 250 Sunk: 1 x Buckley DE, 1 x Evarts DE Friendly Losses: CV32 (run over by an Evarts DE) TonyE (depth charged)
July 3, 200620 yr Author Date: September 1, 1943 (afternoon) Location: North Atlantic, south of Greenland Weather: Cloudy, light fog, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1943) Enemy force encountered: Escorted convoy Results: Brains: Tonnage: 49,948 merchant, 950 warship; Renown: 1,740 Sunk: 1 x T2 Tanker, 1 x Troop Transport, 2 x T3 Tanker, 1 x Victory Cargo, 1 x Flower Corvette CV32: Tonnage: 15,371 merchant, 3,042 warship; Renown: 870 Sunk: 1 x Somers DD, 1 x Liberty Cargo, 1 x Troop Transport, 1 x Evarts DE TonyE: Tonnage: 19,435 merchant; Renown: 570 Sunk: 1 x T3 Tanker, 1 x Victory Cargo Friendly Losses: TonyE (depth charged) Enemy Damage: 2 x Liberty Cargo, 2 x Victory Cargo
July 4, 200620 yr Author Date: December 15, 1943 (afternoon) Location: North Atlantic, southwest of the Canary Islands Weather: Cloudy, moderate wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1943) Enemy force encountered: Task force Results: Brains: Tonnage: 6,788 warship; Renown: 345 Sunk: 1 x Dido CL, 1 x V&W DD TonyE: Tonnage: 4,115 warship; Renown: 380 Sunk: 1 x C class DD, 1 x J class DD, 1 x Hunt III DD CV32: Tonnage: 3,426 warship; Renown: 360 Sunk: 2 x V&W DD, 1 x Hunt II DD Friendly Losses: None Enemy Damage: 1 x C class DD (torpedoed and sunk by CV32, confirmed by TonyE, but lousy Kriegsmarine refused to give credit)
July 8, 200620 yr Author Date: March 1, 1944 Location: North Atlantic, southwest of the Canary Islands Weather: Clear, light fog, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1944) Enemy force encountered: Task force (including 5 x Casablanca Escort Carriers) Results: Brains: Tonnage: 32,600 warship; Renown: 1,390 Sunk: 3 x Casablanca Escort Carrier, 1 x Buckley DE CV32: Tonnage: 13,200 warship; Renown: 680 Sunk: 1 x Casablanca Escort Carrier, 2 x Buckley DE TonyE: Tonnage: 10,400 warship; Renown: 420 Sunk: 1 x Casablanca Escort Carrier Friendly Losses: All (depth charged by Buckley DE's) Enemy Damage: 1 x Buckley DE (sustained torpedo hit in stern by CV32)
July 9, 200620 yr Author Date: June 1, 1944 (morning) Location: North Atlantic, south of Greenland Weather: Clear, light fog, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1944) Enemy force encountered: Lightly escorted convoy Results: CV32: Tonnage: 61,009 merchant; Renown: 1,810 Sunk: 3 x T2 Tanker, 3 x Liberty Cargo Brains: Tonnage: 38,778 merchant; Renown: 1,300 Sunk: 1 x Passenger Liner, 1 x C2 Cargo, 1 x C3 Cargo TonyE: Tonnage: 25,431 merchant, 1,400 warship; Renown: 880 Sunk: 1 x T3 Tanker, 1 x Buckley DE, 1 x C2 Cargo, 1 x Liberty Cargo Friendly Losses: None Enemy Damage: 1 x C2 Cargo, 1 x Liberty Cargo (peppered with a few thousand rounds of 20mm, and rammed repeatedly, but chugged onward)
July 13, 200620 yr Author Date: September 1, 1944 (morning) Location: North Atlantic, southeast of Greenland Weather: Cloudy, light fog, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1944) Enemy force encountered: Escorted convoy Results: Brains: Tonnage: 15,625 merchant, 2,138 warship; Renown: 700 Sunk: 1 x Flower Corvette, 2 x Small Merchants, 1 x V&W DD, 1 x T2 Tanker CV32: Tonnage: 15,612 merchant, 1,900 warship; Renown: 700 Sunk: 2 x Flower Corvette, 3 x Coastal Merchant, 4 x Small Merchant TonyE: Tonnage: 13,201 merchant; Renown: 390 Sunk: 1 x C2 Cargo, 2 x Small Merchant, 1 x Coastal Merchant Friendly Losses: None (Battle honors to the crew of the Flower Corvette that escaped several torpedo shots, finally taking a hit that crippled the ship but did not sink her. They battled to the last).
July 19, 200620 yr Author Date: October 1, 1944 (morning) Location: North Atlantic, northeast of Newfoundland Weather: Overcast, medium fog, medium wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1944) Enemy force encountered: Escorted tanker convoy Results: CV32: Tonnage: 1,850 warship; Renown: 140 Sunk: 1 x Somers DD TonyE: Tonnage: 1,400 warship; Renown: 130 Sunk: 1 x Buckley DE Friendly Losses: All Enemy Damage: A half dozen or more tankers damaged, but escaped.
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