[DOC] [TLE] USS Reuben James (DD-245) - Wikipedia [PAR] Coordinates: 5159N 2705W / 51.983N 27.083W / 51.983; -27.083. USS 
Reuben James (DD-245)a post-World War I, four-funnel Clemson-class 
destroyerwas the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the 
European theater of World War II and ... The destroyer was sunk by a torpedo 
attack from German submarine U-552... [DOC] [TLE] Sinking of the Reuben James DD-245 - Gene Slover's US Navy ... [PAR] The USS Reuben James DD-245 was sunk by a German U-Boat five full ... For 
some American sailors, World War II began before December 7, 1941. ... it was 
only a matter of time before we became involved in a "shooting war. ... Although 
not the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed before the war, the Reuben James was the 
first... [DOC] [TLE] Naval History Blog  Blog Archive  First U.S. Ship Lost in WWII, 31 ... [PAR] Oct 31, 2011 ... REUBEN JAMES was the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by hostile action in World War 
II. Posted by ... In mid-October the destroyer Kearney was torpedoed and 
damaged while on convoy duty and later that month the Reuben James became 
the first actual total loss. By that ... PATRICIA L WHITE  4 years ago. [DOC] [TLE] Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War - The New Yorker [PAR] May 28, 2016 ... My First Halloween ... The S.S. Robin Moor, an American merchant ship, is 
pictured on May ... When Berta Doff met Ben Cohn, in 1936, she was twenty-one 
years ... At that moment, the first mate of the Robin Moor, Melvin Mundy, was ..... 
In October, the Germans sank the U.S.S. Reuben James, a destroyer. [DOC] [TLE] 1939-1943: Battle of the Atlantic - Olive-Drab [PAR] Early that month, the British liner Athenia became the first sinking by a sub in the 
... In May 1941 the U.S. Navy took over escort duties in the western Atlantic. ... On 
31 October 1941 (Halloween) an American warship, the destroyer USS Reuben 
James ... British ships, the first U.S. warship lost to hostile action in World War II. [DOC] [TLE] Crew Keeps Ww Ii Ship In Memories - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] Sep 12, 1994 ... It was the sound of the first American warship sunk by hostile fire in World War II-
even ... A common ship by naval standards, the Niblack boasted the ... While 
rescuing Dutch sailors torpedoed 500 miles southwest of ... There was no 
denying the reality of the Reuben James explosion six ... Index by Date. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - World Wars: The Battle of the Atlantic: The U-boat peril [PAR] Mar 30, 2011 ... Moreover, if the Allies had not been able to move ships about the North ... Allied 
shipping between the fall of France in June 1940 and the end of the year. ... From 
May 1941 the US Navy became a British ally in the struggle in the Atlantic. ... 
Reuben James, was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine U-562. [DOC] [TLE] What were their names? - RenewAmerica [PAR] Oct 28, 2006 ... Last year October 31st fell on Monday. ... My neighbor then asked, "If Halloween 
is not a holiday, why are you flying your flag today?" ... Those merchant ships 
were frequently attacked by German U-boats. ... the USS Reuben James was the 
first American warship sunk in those early days of World War II. [DOC] [TLE] Captain Seigfried Koitschka, Skipper of U-616 in World War II. [PAR] Born on 6 August 1917 in Bautzen, KOITSCHKA was in Naval Class 1937a and 
... first American warship in World War II, the old four-piper USS REUBEN JAMES
. ... U-552 who gave the order to fire torpedoes at this ship, but KOITSCHKA was 
the ... on that dark and stormy Halloween night in 1941 to sink the old destroyer. [DOC] [TLE] Old Salt Blog - Page 120 of 194 - a virtual port of call for all those ... [PAR] Oct 31, 2011 ... In honor of

Question: The Reuben James became the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed & sunk in WWII on Halloween of this year
Answer: 1941