[PiperShade]

I wonder....”planes” or a blimp ? At that period of the war the USN used a lot of blimps for long-range patrol convoy escort work in that part of the world. >PS

[MasterGunner01]

USS BARNEGAT (AVP-10) was a small seaplane tender and not a cruiser. Shame on the Las Vegas Sun and AP for this blooper. Editors, BARNEGAT does not end with an "E". Check your spelling.

On 19 July 1943, LTjg Roy S. Whitcomb flying a PBM-3C “Mariner” dropped six depth charges that sank U-513. Whitcomb saw 15-20 survivors in the water after the sinking and dropped some life belts and rafts to them. BARNEGAT eventually picked up the survivors the next day.