D-Day - USS Corry (DD-463) Sinking - Utah Beach, Normandy

USS Corry (DD-463) -- sunk D-Day June 6, 1944 Utah Beach, Normandy. D-Day Combat Footage; Narrated D-Day Newsreel; Photos; 9 June 1944 Edward R. Murrow CBS Radio Interview of USS Corry Commanding Officer George Dewey Hoffman on sinking of USS Corry by enemy artillery fire.

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[ldycoolbreeze]

My uncle was on the Corry when it sunk, he was in the boiler room. I've been told that the boiler room took a direct hit & that he never had a chance to survive. My mother spoke of him often & I would love to have had a chance to know him. She always wondered what exactly happened to him. Someone told her that he had made it off the ship, but was severely burned & died within minutes after being in the water. Is there anyone out there that can add to this? His name was Bernard Wade.

[Corry463]

@ldycoolbreeze

Hello,

There are some who survived the sinking who are still alive

and can tell more about what happened.

Please contact me by email: webmaster *at* uss - corry - dd463 . com

(replace *at* with @, and have no spaces in the email address)

and I will provide contact info.

[Corry463]

Have more info on Normandy sunk and damaged craft and how to look up National Archives personnel info, but I can't include an email address in this post, so send me an email -- webmaster -at- uss dash corry dash dd463 dot com You can see the actual URL at the very end of the Corry video.

[Corry463]

USS Corry (DD-463) was the only US destroyer sunk on D-Day, and US Navy's only major loss that day. Other destroyers sunk in the invasion: USS Glennon (DD-620) - June 8, 1944; USS Meredith (DD-726); USS Rich (DE-695) (escort destroyer) - June 8, 1944.

[confirm514]

I think my grandfather was also on this ship when it sunk is it possible to verify? "Elwin C Schwab"

[Corry463]

@confirm514 From the USS Corry muster roll for June 1944, and the USS Corry survivors / Killed In Action listing that I have, there is no entry for any USS Corry crew member with the last name of Schwab. Possible he transferred off the ship before D-Day?

[christof139]

A Norwegian crewed destroyer, the Svenner, formerly the HMS Shark, was also sunk by 3 S/E-Boats off Sword Beach on D-Day & broke in two. The S-Boats fired at the BB's HMS Warspite & Ramillies & the warspite blew one boat out of the water with her 15-inch etc. guns & the two remaining S-boats then quickly skedaddled.

[johnsonsa]

I often wonder why they just didn't run aground one or two destroyers per beach to provide fire support. The Allies could afford to lose a few DD's but needed every bit of help for such an opposed landing.

[confirm514]

@Corry463 Well that's too bad. My mom says he was on a Destroyer that sunk on D-Day, which is what led me here. Do you have any information on other ships? Or know how I could find that info? Any help would be appreciated.

[confirm514]

@Corry463 Well that's to bad, I know he was on a Destroyer that he said sunk on D-Day which is what led me here. Would you have any info on what ship that might be/ how I could find out? I appreciate any help you could give me.