USS Fogg (DE 57)
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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| History | The USS Fogg completed eight transatlantic escort voyages. 1947 decommissioned and 1966 sold for scrap. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 20 Dec, 1944, U-870 fired a torpedo spread at a convoy of LSTīs about 440 miles southwest of Cape Finisterre and reported the USS LST-350, USS LST-369 and an escort vessel sunk. In fact USS LST-359 was sunk and the USS Fogg was damaged. The USS Fogg 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 the next day. 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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