The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04
SURVIVORS ARE
 COOL UNDER FIRE
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ASOIIlllIGl II O4ll uSC 1J known to have been lost in Atlantic coastal waters since the war began, and the first in American history known to have been sunk so close to her home sl, res It is the ninth American warsl b announced as sunk during the war in the Atlantic or Pacific.
 Eleven Survivors
 The II survivors, nine engine room enlisted men and two apprentice Iseamen, were picked up after drift | ing on life rafts in rough sea for four hours. Two who were in- iured were taken to the Cape May Naval Hospital. The survivors are: Woodrow Albert Roussell, Boston; internal injuries.
 Adolph R. Storm, Bridgeport, Conn, Fractured knee.
 Richard Dors, 25, t746 N. Montello St0 Brockton, Mass.
 Louis Hollenback, 26, Albion, N. Y. Rudolph Jacobson, 40, Passport, Md.
 John Merget, 26, Norfolk, Va.
 Thomas F%an Moody, g Frank lin, Ky
 Albert oberg, 23, (12 Warner Ave) Proctor, Vt.
 Louis Pantall, 9, Struthers, o.
 John Struthers, IT, Trenton, N. J. Joseph Paul TidWeu, 22, Tusca- loosa. Ala.
 Apparently none were aware of the submarines presence before its first torpedo struck the destroyer's bow and wrecked its bridge, killing all the men who were there, plot ting the course. The blast carried away the Jacob Jones' bow and the second shot shattered its stern. touching off at least some of the depth charges stored there, each of which contained 300 pounds of TINT.
 Captain Killed
 The destroyer's captain, Lieut.. Commdry. H. D. Black of Oradell, N. J., was presumed to have been killed by the first torpedo.
 TidWel said he had gone to the ships galley to get sugar for coffee that had been made just before the attack.
 T had just turned around to leave when terrific explosion shook the ship" he said. Pots and pans flew all over the room.
 About IS seconds later there was another explosion.
 When the pots and pans stopped raining down, I ran on deck to see what could do."
 Reaching deck, TidWell said, he saw the dark shadow of the U-boat lying about 150 yards off the des- troyers port side. It lay there sur yeying the damage it had wrought and waited for the Jacob Jones to sink.
 But for an hour, the destroyer's Watertight compartments kept 1t afloat. AS their ship was pounded by the waves, the crew moved about quickly, launching life rafts into the near-freezing sea,
 In the hour the destroyer still floated, Dors left the sanctuary of a life raft and returned to her decks to loose more rafts for his comrades and seek out mates who might be saved.
 T tried to make a raft out of two gasoline drums but the ship started to settle in the water before could get finished" he said. T jumped over the side and swan around un- til found another raft. Just as grabbed hold, a terrific explosion went off in the ship. was blown clear of the water. finally got back on the raft with three other fel- lows"
 Spilled From Rafts
 The explosion was believed to have been more depth charges, and the concussion spilled many seamen rom rafts and killed others swim ming in the oil-coated water.
 Moody's story was testimonial to navy training and coolness. Be- fore he left the ship, he said, he drank hot coffee and paused to take off his life jacket and coat and don three suits of heavy underwear over his regular clothing because T realized 1t was cold outside"
 The explosion of depth charges was the second instance of such blasts adding to death tolls aboard American dastroyers.
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