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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

James Edward Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21

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Activity During WWII

SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON THE USS BARR DE-576, WAS KILLED AND DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION. ON MAY 29, 1944, IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21, WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, U-549. BARR PURSUED THE U-BOAT 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. THE 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.