John Newton Opie, III, USN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

 Cdr.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for John Newton Opie, III, USN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
USS Roe (DD 418)Cdr.DestroyerSep 1941Nov 1942
USS Bache (DD 470)Cdr.Destroyer14 Nov 1942???

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer USS Roe (DD 418)


18 Jan 1942
USS Roe picks up 13 survivors from the American tanker Allan Jackson that was torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German submarine U-66 some 60 miles east-northeast of Diamond shoals, North Carolina in position 35º57'N, 74º20'W.

30 Jan 1942
USS Roe picks up 31 survivors from the American tanker Rochester that was torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German submarine U-106 about 85 miles east of the Chesapeake Lightship in position 37º10'N, 73º58'W.

8 Feb 1942
USS Roe picks up 14 survivors from the British merchant Ocean Venture that was torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German submarine U-108 near Cape Hatteras in position 37º05'N, 74º46'W.

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