“ATLANTIC OCEAN: During a storm, the surfaced German submarine U-405 (Type VIIC) is sunk about 640 nautical miles (1 184 kilometers) north-northwest of Lagens Field, Azores Islands, at position 49.00N, 31.14W, by ramming, small arms fire and depth charges from the USN destroyer USS Borie (DD-215); all 49 crewmen in the sub are lost. USS Borie is part of the hunter-killer group built around the escort aircraft carrier USS Card (CVE-11). Twenty seven crewmen on the destroyer are lost and the ship is too badly damaged by the collision to be towed to port, so the destroyer USS Barry (DD-248) fires three torpedoes which miss so a TBF-1 Avenger of Composite Squadron Nine (VC-9) in USS Card drops four depth charges and Borie sinks at 0954 hours on 2 November. (Alex Gordon)”
Was this the inspiration for the movie “The Enemy Below?”
I don’t know about that, but the story of the Borie and the Card Task Group will get extensive coverage in the N.Y. Times when the story comes out.