USS Renshaw Ship's Log - 21 February 1945

1100 - received a torpedo hit on the port side, near frame 115, six feet below the waterline. All power was lost. Ship listed sharply to starboard, then righted to assume a three degree list to starboard. Ship's position at the time of the hit was 09 deg. 01 min. North, 123 deg. 31 min. East. A total of nineteen men were killed and twenty men were injured as a result of the Japanese torpedo attack. The quick action of the brave crew prevented serious damage to the main propulsion machinery as a result of flooding.