"Edsall" was sunk in the area of the Second Battle of the Java Sea on 1 March 1942 [the Second Battle of the Java Sea was fought north of the island of Java, USS Edsall was lost south of Java]. At 18:24 she received a direct hit from the battleship and at 18:35 another from the cruiser . "Edsall" was also attacked by nine Aichi D3A dive bombers from "Sōryū" and eight from , which hit her with several bombs, leaving her dead in the water by 18:50. She was destroyed by the cruiser and sank at 19:00 with 5-8 survivors. The remains of 5 executed sailors from the "Edsall" were recovered in Indonesia in 1952.