Evening star., 1943-11-11
Destroyer Borie Sinks
U.Boat in Atlantic
AT 1en-Foot Range

wounded while ramming the subma
rine. At the same time, the Nav
announced the loss of two other de
stroyers in the South Pacific-th
Henley, some time last month, ant
the Chevalier, on October afte
she was severely damaged in battl,
and collided with another destroyer
IN her formation, breaking in two.
A presidential unit citation wa!
awarded to the aircraft carrier Care
snd her escort, including the de.
stroyer Borie, for destroying NOR,
submarines than any naval comba
team in history.
The amazing story of the Boris
disclosed that she fought the At.
lantic submarine with shotguns, pis.
tolls, empty shell cases and ever
knives. The destroyer rammed tn,
U-boat and eventually 1t slid dowr
to Davy Jones locker. The Borie
her plates badly damaged, limpee
away In heavy storm and carried
her crew to safety. Beyond salvage
she was sunk by American planes.
commanders Live Here.
The Card is commanded by Capt
Arnold j. Isbell of l84l Kilbourne
place NV. The Henley was com.
manded by Comdr. Carlton R. Adams
Of $500 @ street NV.
Shortly after announcement O,
the loss of the destroyers. the
Army Air Forces announced it has
withdrawn from antisubmarine op-
erations and that the Navy has
assumed full responsibility for this
duty. The Offlce of War Informa-
ton said the Navy had obtained
enough planes and trained crews
to assume complete responsibility
for patrolling the waters.
The story of the destroyer Borie
was regarded as one of the most
amazing In naval history.
Another U-Boat Sunk.
The Borie already had depth
charged one U-boat to the bottom
before her last fight, in campaign
that won for her task force the
Presidential Unit Citation for hav-
ing destroyed more submarines
than any team in naval history"
The skipper of the Borie, 30
year-old 1t. Charles H. Hutchins,
Terre Haute, Ind, told today of
what became at times almost a
hand-to-hand fight somewhere in
the Atlantic after his ship, trying
to ram, rode up and over the sub
mersible
I'VE held him there and started
shooting with everything we had"
said 1t. Hutchins. Some men fired
shotguns; the executive officer
grabbed a tommy gun and started
shooting from the bridge; others
used pistols, one boy even took a
signal pistol and fired at the sub.
THE range was so short one gun
couldn't be brought to bear on the
submarine So the gun captain
started throwing empty shell cases
and he knocked one man off the
deck Of the sub. Another fellow
threw his knife. He said later he'd
never been able to stick a knife in
the floor before, but this time he hit
a man on the sub and knocked him
overheard. ss
Called Biggest Sub
"One other gun crew couldn't fire
because their shield was IN the way.
They cut q hole in the shield and
fired right through it,"
The action with "the biggest sub
I've ever seen" 1t. Hutchins said,
lasted about 10 minutes before the
U-boat broke loose and attempted TO
flee.
HE went into a tight turn and
We couldn't turn close enough Is
bring our guns on him." 1t. Hutch
ins continued I'VE attempted to
ram again, even though we'd been
damaged pretty badly when we ran
up over him. He turned the tables
and tried to ram us, but we fired a
salvo Of depth charges and stopped
him about feet from our side"
1t. Hutchins then told of contin-
ued fire at the submarine-one
crew man operated a big gun alone,
getting the ammunition, loading the
gun, then firing; another gun cap
tain, when mechanism failed, pulled
the latch by hand to fire his gun
repeatedly despite a recoil that bat
tered his arm until it was as big
as his leg"
Then the sub sank right in front
of us and exploded" 1t. Hutchins
said.
None Of that appeared in the brief
communique on the sinking, issued
yesterday, which only recounted
that the Borie, built in 1920, depth
charged one submarine to the bot
tom and when another appeared
rammed it.
All Losses Now Reported.
The Navy announced that the re-
port on the loss of the destroyers
Henley and Chevalier brought up to
date the list of fighting ships lost
in the war against the Japanese,
giving the direct lie to fantastic
Nipponese claims of destruction
wrought among United States naval
forces in recent weeks.
The Henley, l,500-tonner, was
announced only as having been
sunk in the South Pacific in October.
The Chevalier, a bigger ship, was
damaged in the night battle off
Vella Lavella October 6, and COL
lided with another vessel of her
force, breaking in two. She was
commanded by 1t. Comdr. George
r. Wilson of Long Beach, Calf,
The Borie was part of the subma-
rine-fighting force which included
the baby aircraft carrier Card and
the destroyers Golf and Barry
Their score was not given in detail
in the unit citation, but previously
the Navy had announced that a
force including an unidentified baby
f1attop had made II attacks on SUBJ
marines, with two definite sinkings
and eight more possibles.
U-Boats Led Into Trap.
Capt. Isbell told of leading sub
marines into trap while his escort