"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
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On 7/7/2015 3:42 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Borie_(DD-215)
"This was a unique battle: unlike most other modern naval battles,
it
was decided by ramming and small arms fire at extremely close
range."

That's an amazing story. No Borie crewmen were lost in the fight,
but it was sad to read that after abandoning the Borie: "... three
officers and 24 enlisted men were lost during the rescue operation.
Hutchins reported, "Many of the lost were just unable to get over
the side" of the two rescuing destroyers."

****, couldn't the rescuing crew have thrown them ropes & pulled
them over?

This says they were knocked inconscious or drowned:
http://destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck/ussborie/

The waves were running to 20 feet by then.

-jsw