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Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat
Posted by: Craig Andrews ()
Date: March 22, 2006 10:51PM

Hi, Brian.

Your comment regarding the slow speed of the USS Direct is certainly correct. My dad indicated that this British "cruiser" was damaged so badly (I believe he said the bow was severely damaged) that it could make only very slow speed. I wonder if there's any chance this ship could have been a large destroyer instead? The official U.S. Navy citation specifically refers to a "cruiser", and the citation specifically states that the enemy submarine was German.

I know the Royal Navy sustained significant cruiser and destroyer losses in the Mediterranean. I had always assumed this is where the British ship was originally damaged.

Thanks for looking into this further. A loving family would certainly like to learn all it could about this ewent.

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USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/18/2006 11:29PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/19/2006 06:24AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/21/2006 02:58AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/21/2006 06:49AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/22/2006 02:56AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/22/2006 03:07AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat curtis Dimsdale 08/07/2008 11:22PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 10/23/2011 11:34PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/21/2006 03:00AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/19/2006 06:52AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/22/2006 01:15PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/22/2006 10:51PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/24/2006 05:54AM
USS DIrect AM-90 vs. Enemy submarine Craig Andrews 03/25/2006 11:53PM
Re: USS DIrect AM-90 vs. Enemy submarine BrianV 03/26/2006 07:27AM
Re: USS DIrect AM-90 vs. Enemy submarine Craig Andrews 05/13/2006 02:41AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/25/2006 11:55PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Joy 12/04/2009 02:35PM


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