Meyerkord (DE 1058) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1976

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Two of the ships which remained, Houston and HMAS Perth. in a last ditch attempt to stop the invasion of java, entered Banten Bay, at the eastern entrance ot Sunda Straits to attack the japanese shipping there. In their attempt they succeeded in sinking one japanese transport and forced the beaching of three others. As they made their escape from the Bay they found a japanese destroyer squadron blocking the Sunda Strait to their left and two heavy cruisers to their right. They chose to make a run through the Straits, hoping to elude the japanese and escape to Australia. The japanese opened fire from both sides, however, and after 31 minutes Perth took a torpeoo in ner forward engine room and went down. G A A All fire was then concentrated on Houston . Five minutes later she took salvo in her atter engine room which burst steam lines and scalded to death the entire engine room force. A torpedo hit forced the gun mounts to local control. Shortly thereafter Houston sank three destroyers and a minesweeper. A shell hit the remaining S-inch turret as powder bags were being loaded, necessitating flooding of the magazines. With Houston out of serviceable S-inch ammunition, the japanese swarmed in for the kill. One hour and seven minutes after the start of the battle, the order was given to abandon ship. Twelve minutes later at 0045 on March l, l942, Houston sank. Those few crewmembers of Houston and Perth who survived the battle were picked up by the japanese. Barely 200 ofa combined crew of i600 surt ived the war. 8 N . Upon the final passage through Sunda Strait on April 24, l97l, Megverkord participated with ASW Lsroup Three in a memorial ceremony for those brave men of Houston and Perth who gave their lives there. The ships of the squadron formed a cross while the crews, dressed in whites, manned the rail, The memorial service was conducted aboard USS Ticonderoga as a wreath was dropped by helicopter into the waters of the Strait.



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