As part of the USS Block Island (CVE-21) HUK Group, USS Buckley (DE-51) rammed, was in turn rammed by, and eventually sank U-66. At one point, hand to hand fighting occurred between U.S. and German crews. Buckley and the USS Reuben James (DE-153) sank
Categories: World War II | Ships and Submarines
 
 
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