USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)

(Casualty List)

Navy US Navy
Type Destroyer Escort
Class Edsall 
Pennant DE 136 
Built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Laid down 9 Nov 1942 
Launched 24 Jan 1943 
Commissioned 14 Jul 1943 
Lost 24 Apr 1945 Sunk by U-546 (Just).
Loss position 43.52N, 40.15W
 
History USS Frederick C. Davis was participating in the operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats in the Western Atlantic and was part of the 4th Escort Divison, which screened the American escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) in the Southern Surface Barrier.

On 24 April 1945, U-546 discovered the USS Bogue about 570 miles east of Cape Race, Newfoundland and tried to attack on periscope depth, but the USS Frederick C. Davis discovered the U-boat and prepared herself for an attack. At this moment a Gnat struck forward on the portside. The ship broke in two and sank in position 43º52'N, 40º15'W. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up within three hours by the other escort destroyers of the Division, after they had sunk U-546.