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.
The following Renshaw shipmates made the ultimate sacrifice on that day:
Joseph Lester Beasley
Robert William Jones
Otis Lee Benke
Lawrence Johnson
Samuel Carl Blair
Wesley Ronald Osage
Lawrence George Cravalho
James Thomas Ryan
Thomas Francis Crimmins
Oliver Arnold Rahko
Michael Diarmuid Cunningham
Raymond Arthur Whalen
Carlos Anthony Decker
David Cole Whitfield
Clarence Robert Eyler
John Patrick Whittle
Edward Charles Frey
Robert Peter Yach
John Gushue
MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE
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