At 1400 on 30 August 1942, while the USS Colhon was on patrol off Guadalcanal, she was struck in a Japanese air raid in a level bombing attack, not a divebombing attack. The first hits wrecked the ship's boats and the after davits and started a deisel fire from the boat wreckage. In a second attack, a succession of hits on the starboard side brought down the foremast, blew two 20mm. guns and one 4" gun off the ship, and damaged the engineering spaces. Two more direct hits killed all men in the deckhouse. Tanklighters from Guadalcanal rescued the crew, and the USS Colhoun sank . 51 men were killed and 18 were wounded in this action. (Info from colhoun.com)The USS Colhoun received one battle star in WWII.
S2C U.S. Navy, Husband of Lilia Mae Carson.
(Marker death date must be wrong)
DPMO date of loss: 8/30/1942
S2C U.S. Navy, Husband of Lilia Mae Carson.
(Marker death date must be wrong)
DPMO date of loss: 8/30/1942
At 1400 on 30 August 1942, while the USS Colhon was on patrol off Guadalcanal, she was struck in a Japanese air raid in a level bombing attack, not a divebombing attack. The first hits wrecked the ship's boats and the after davits and started a deisel fire from the boat wreckage. In a second attack, a succession of hits on the starboard side brought down the foremast, blew two 20mm. guns and one 4" gun off the ship, and damaged the engineering spaces. Two more direct hits killed all men in the deckhouse. Tanklighters from Guadalcanal rescued the crew, and the USS Colhoun sank . 51 men were killed and 18 were wounded in this action. (Info from colhoun.com)The USS Colhoun received one battle star in WWII.
S2C U.S. Navy, Husband of Lilia Mae Carson.
(Marker death date must be wrong)
DPMO date of loss: 8/30/1942
S2C U.S. Navy, Husband of Lilia Mae Carson.
(Marker death date must be wrong)
DPMO date of loss: 8/30/1942
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