Claim: Two ships were named after U.S. Navy enlistee, Charles Ausburne, after he stood to duty when the Antilles,a ship that was chartered by the Army for troop transport, was torpedoed amd sunk by a German U-Boat, under him.
Evidence: Two ships of the U.S. Navy have been named in his honor. Charles Lawrence Ausburne (July 26, 1889, New Orleans, Louisiana – October 17, 1917) enlisted in the United States Navy February 25, 1908. As an Electrician First Class, Ausburne manned the emergency wireless station in the Army transport Antilles, and following the ship's fatal torpedoing October 17, 1917 by U-105, stood to his duty until the ship sank beneath him. Chartered by the U.S. Army in 1917 for use as a troop transport ship, Antilles was sunk by a German U-boat on 17 October 1917, resulting in the loss of 67 lives.