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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James E. Ware

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Honored By

Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE SERVED ON THE USS BARR DE-576 AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. ON MAY 29, 1944, THE USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21, WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. BARR PURSUED THE U-BOAT (U-549), UNTIL AROUND 2030 WHEN A TORPEDO STRUCK BARR AS WELL. THE EXPLOSION WRECKED THE SHIP AFT OF THE NO. 2 ENGINE ROOM. THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, BARR STAYED DEAD IN THE WATER WHILE ROBERT I. PAINE DE-578 PATROLLED AROUND HER. EUGENE E. ELMORE TOOK BARR'S INJURED AND ABOUT HALF OF HER CREW ON BOARD, HOOKED UP A TOWLINE TO THE DAMAGED ESCORT AND BEGAN THE JOURNEY TO CASABLANCA, FRENCH MOROCCO.