The sub reported it had sunk a passenger-cargo ship in the Talbas Strait on 27 August 1943; this was the final message received from the Grayling. After leaving San Francisco on 16 July, she arrived at Tinian Island on 26 July. After hanging on for another ten minutes and continuing to fire at attacking enemy planes, the Captain decided it was time to abandon ship. The fourth hit destroyed the aft port stack. November 8, 2017 - 4,444 likes, 70 comments - WW2 Photos/Videos (@fuehrer_of_photography) on Instagram: "A major turning point in the Second World War was the . 10 men were killed and 8 were wounded. USSReno(CL-96) was sailing with TF 38 east of the San Bernardino Strait on the night of 3 November 1944 when she was targeted by Japanese submarine I-41. Operating with TF 8, contact was made with Japanese ships on 26 March 1943 leading to the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. The next minute a fourth wave of seven bombers released bombs at Marblehead. Three of the attackers were shot down, but the planes all released bombs together, scoring at least three hits and possibly three near misses. USSReuben James(DD-245) was acting as escort for British convoys as a part of the Neutrality Patrol when on 23 October 1941 around daybreak the ship was hit by a torpedo fired from U-552, which was aiming for a cargo vessel. Two minutes after the third hit, the captain gave the order to abandon ship. USSNew Mexico(BB-40) was taking part in the pre-invasion shelling of Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945. At 01:47, a torpedo, probably from Japanese cruiser Kako, hit Chicago's bow, sending a shock wave throughout the ship that damaged the main battery director. Here, inspection revealed that her propeller shafts were damaged, her fuel tanks ruptured, and her water-distilling equipment ruined. USS LCT(6)-582 sunk in the Azores Islands, 22 January 1944. Capsized by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes. USSPickerel(SS-177) left Pearl Harbor on 18 March 1943 for her seventh patrol of the war, and arrived to top off fuel and supplies at Midway Island before heading to the north-eastern coast of Honshu. During the Battle of Okinawa she was hit by a kamikaze "Oscar" that struck her superstructure deck, killing four men and wounding twenty-three, but luckily the plane's bomb was a dud.