I was referring to the Hammann.
about 14 years ago, had an opportunity to meet two of the survivors from Hammann sinking. They were attending a reunion of Yorktown CV5. The Yorktown association always invited all of the few survivors from Hammann to attend their reunions. I was attending the Yorktown reunion with my dad at the time. Both of these men had been topside on the fo’sle at the time the Japanese torpedo hit the ship.
Both had been thrown into the water by the force of the explosion. Both had seen both halves of the ship sink within a couple of minutes after being hit, carrying most of their shipmates to the bottom.