Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers. Barney Ross attackbattleshipcarrier share on social
All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves. Barney Ross aboardannapolisgraduate Change image and share on social
Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small. Barney Ross chaplaindestroyersmall Change image and share on social
They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact. Barney Ross backcomeintact Change image and share on social
We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges. Barney Ross chargedaydepth Change image and share on social
