Around midnight, the YP-346 entered the channel and the USS Tucker requested assistance. The YP-346 gave the stricken destroyer a tow but soon realized the Tucker was coming apart and cut the line..
The YP-346 then went to Malo island and rescued 165 survivors of the destroyer.
The next day, thinking the two large (the Tucker had completely broken apart) objects in the channel were enemy submarines, American aviators bombed the Tucker.
The YP-346's next assignment was Guadalcanal, which proved to be her last.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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