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Image: DD-374 sunk 5Aug1942 EspirituSanto NAN09-10-86

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Description: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Tucker (DD-374) sunk at Bruat channel between Aore and Malo Island, south of Espiritu Santo, on 5 August 1942. Tucker struck a mine in an own defensive minefield on 21:45 hrs, 3 August 1942. The mine broke her back and Tucker jack-knifed and sank in 10 fathoms at 04:45 hrs on 4 August 1942. The minefield had been laid only the day before. Three men were killed in the mine explosion.
Title: DD-374 sunk 5Aug1942 EspirituSanto NAN09-10-86
Credit: U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News September/October 1986 [1]
Author: USN
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