"The Borie's Duel to the Death" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 11 Jan 2019 4:47 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 5:52 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 6:58 p.m. PST |
fantastic story,
Thanks for sharing Bill. |
| Dn Jackson | 11 Jan 2019 9:17 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 7:21 a.m. PST |
Thanks for posting. It was a very interesting piece. |
| Lion in the Stars | 12 Jan 2019 9:06 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 7:29 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 6:52 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.
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