USS Leopold (DE 319)
The launching of USS Leopold (DD 319)
| Name | USS Leopold (DE 319) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer escort (Edsall) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.200 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Consolidated Steel Co, Orange TX | ||
| Owner | United States Navy | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 9 Mar, 1944 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-255 (Erich Harms) | ||
| Position | 58.44N, 25.50W - Grid AK 3862 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 199 officers and men (171 dead and 28 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | CU-16 | ||
| Route | New York (1 Mar) - UK | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 9 Mar, 1944, the US Coast Guard manned USS Leopold (DE 319) (Cdr Kenneth C. Phillips, USCG) was on her second voyage and escorting the convoy CU-16, when she got an acoustic contact about 400 miles south of Iceland and turned to investigate it. But before the destroyer escort reached the U-boat, she was hit at 22.00 hours by a Gnat from U-255 and was abandoned. The vessel remained afloat, but sank early the next morning. Only 28 survivors were picked up by the sister ship USS Joyce (DE 317). | ||
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