"The Borie's Duel to the Death" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	11 Jan 2019 5:47 p.m. PST
On an overcast Halloween night, the USS Borie fought one of the Battle of the Atlantic's most dramatic one-on-one brawls, only for her crew then to struggle in 40-foot seas keep their ship afloat. link
William Warner	11 Jan 2019 6:52 p.m. PST
Thanks for sharing this, Bill. As a former USN radioman it sent chills up my spine reading of their ordeal. I tip my white hat to them.
Joep123	11 Jan 2019 7:58 p.m. PST
fantastic story, Thanks for sharing Bill.
Dn Jackson	11 Jan 2019 10:17 p.m. PST
Good article about brave men. I wish it would have gone into detail about the fate of the sub's crew.
Fitzovich	12 Jan 2019 8:21 a.m. PST
Thanks for posting. It was a very interesting piece.
Lion in the Stars	12 Jan 2019 10:06 p.m. PST
@William Warner: Yeah, I was getting chills, too! Impressively well fought on both sides. Shame about the difficulties rescuing crew at the end.
Mserafin	15 Jan 2019 8:29 p.m. PST
I had a girlfriend whose 30-year Navy veteran uncle served on the Borie. Wore a DD-215 baseball cap and all. He had no end of stories.
ptdockyard	19 Jan 2019 7:52 a.m. PST
I read this when I was 11 in an anthology of naval stories. The first 1/1200 Alnavco destroyer in my US fleet was the Borie (bought in 1972) and I still have her. Here she is after the battle.