Borie's Last Battle

Lieutenant Charles H. Hutchins, the Commaanding officer of the U.S.S Borie, had sunk a German submarine and was looking for another. The Borie was an old destroyer. It was a windy night of October, 1943 and the waves ran between 15 and 20 feet high. The Borie had been damaged and had lost contact with it's target after water had came in through the broken ports. Lt. Hutchins had then found the German U boat and decided to swing Borie around before the U boat had time to mount their guns. Germans had started to show up on the U boat in nothing but underwear. A wave interrupted the battle. The Germans had started to flee. The Borie had successfully killed the fleeing Germans while sinking themselves. While the battle was going on, a Submarine had a shell that could stand up to deeper water. The sub tried to ram the Borie. After the first ramming attempt,the sub had missed and was tangled up with Borie. It's thick shell had damaged the Borie enough to where it sank. The men had died after abandoning ship because of the freezing cold waters. Sometimes it's the things that you least expect, that get you in the end.