Keywords: USS Borie (DD-215) sinking in the Atlantic in November 1943.jpg en The U S Navy destroyer USS Borie DD-215 sinking in the North Atlantic on 2 November 1943 'Borie had been heavily damaged in a battle with the German submarine U-405 the night before The U-boat sank and Borie was later sunk by a 500 lb 227 kg bomb dropped by a Grumman TBF Avenger from the USS Card CVE-11 piloted by Lt jg Melvin H Connley of Composite Squadron 9 VC-9 Borie finally sank at 0955 hrs http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198701 pdf January 1987 p 12 U S Navy photo 80-G-85280 1943-11-02 50 20000 -30 80000 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Borie DD-215 World War II on the Atlantic Ocean World War II in November 1943 |