| Article
Title |
Description |
| The Last
Hours of the USS Rich |
The official loss of
ship report submitted to the Secretary of the Navy by the
commanding officer of the USS Rich. |
| History of
the USS Blessman |
Excerpt from the history
of the USS Blessman APD 48, DE 69 |
| History
of US Naval Operations in WWII |
From volume XI, chapter
X, pp.171 and 172 of the History of United States Naval
Operations in WWII by Samuel Elliot Morison. |
| At Close
Quarters |
Excerpt from At Close
Quarters. PT Boats in the United States Navy by Captain Robert
J. Buckley, Jr., Part VII, No. 1, pp 353-355 |
| Office of
Naval Records and History |
The history of the
USS
Rich DE695 from the Office of Naval Records and History, Ship
Histories Section, Navy Department |
| Minesweeper
Staff (AM114) |
The confidential deck
log remarks for Thursday, June 8, 1944 from the Minesweeper Staff
(AM114) |
| Blasts
Mangle, Sink Survivor-Laden US Warship |
Article
that appeared on the front page of the night final edition of the
Akron Beacon Journal, July 14th, 1944 |
|
New York Times, July 14th, 1944 |
Photocopy
of article from the New York Times, July 14th, 1944 which lists the
USS Rich as lost at Normandy. |
|
15 Allied Vessels Lost in Invasion |
Photocopy
of article from the New York Times, July 14th, 1944 which lists the
USS Rich as lost at Normandy. |
|
Map of Utah Beach |
Map of Utah
Beach showing location of the USS Rich, the USS Corry, and the USS
Glennon. |
