USS Fogg (DE 57)
| Name | USS Fogg (DE 57) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer escort (Buckley) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.400 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hingham MA | ||
| Owner | United States Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 20 Dec, 1944 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-870 (Ernst Hechler) | ||
| Position | 43.02N, 19.19W - Grid CF 2636 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 186 officers and men (4 dead and 182 survivors). | ||
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| Route | Plymouth - USA | ||
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| History | Completed in July 1943 as USS Fogg (DE 57). She made eight transatlantic escort voyages. Post-war: | ||
| Notes on loss | In the morning on 20 Dec, 1944, U-870 fired torpedoes at a convoy of landing ships about 370 miles from Sao Miguel, Azores and reported USS LST-350, USS LST-369 and an escort vessel sunk. In fact, USS LST-359 was sunk and USS Fogg (DE 57) damaged by a Gnat. USS Fogg (DE 57) (LtCdr F.H. Martin, USN) was hit by a Gnat in the stern, killing four men and wounding two others. The crew fought two days to made it for the Azores, then the stern sheared off and only skeleton crew stayed aboard. Finally she reached the Azores in tow of the US Army tug USS LT-643 and the net layer USS Chinaberry (AN 61) the next day, escorted by USS Lee Fox (DE 65) and USS Ira Jeffery (DE 63). A first attempt to tow her to Boston failed due bad weather, but she at last arrived on 9 Mar, 1945. The destroyer escort was repaired and returned to service in June 1945. | ||
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