Watch	Time	Entry
0 to 4	Status	Steaming in company with Comdesron 27 (SOPA) in PLUNKETT, LIVERMORE, DECATUR, and GREER on various courses and speeds concentrating on PLUNKETT, Boilers Nos. 1 & 3 in use, standard speed 15 knots (143 RPM)
	0025	Formed column on on PLUNKETT, KEARNY second ship in column, on course 014 (T) steaming at standard speed
	0035	Changed speed to 20 knots (194 RPM)
	0100	Changed speed to 25 knots (253 RPM)
	0212	Changed course to 009 (T). GREER fell astern and did not join column. Average steam 600 lbs. Average RPM 222
4 to 8	0614	Formed a scouting line with PLUNKETT guide. KEARNY on port beam of guide distant three miles. Scouting course 009 (T), speed 23 knots (228 RPM)
	0632	Changed time to zone plus 1.5 time
	0723	Passed close aboard to a floating life-jacket, part of a jacobs ladder and a plank about 8 ft. long
	0725	Changed speed to 20 knots (194 RPM)
	0755	Changed speed to 23 knots (228 RPM). Average steam 600 lbs. Average RPM 197
8 to 12	0800	Mustered crew on stations, no absentees
	0923	Changed scouting course to 037 (T)
	1100	Changed scouting course to 117 (T)
	1109	Changed speed to 28 knots to close on PLUNKETT
	1128	Changed course to 103 (T)
	1130	Sighted convoy bearing 150 (T)
	1133	Started steering various courses at various speeds taking escort station on convoy
	1155	On station on port quarter of convoy, on course 037 (T), steaming at convoy speed of about 6.5 knots. Started patrolling station. made daily inspection of magazines and smokeless powder samples. Conditions normal. Average steam 600 lbs. Average RPM 240
12 to 16	1205	Set Readiness Condition III watch
	1430	Set clocks back .5 hr. to zone plus 2 time. Average steam 600 lbs. Average RPM 82
16 to 20	1611	Steamed on various courses and speeds to search astern of convoy
	1628	Dropped five 600 lb. depth charges
	1642	Darkened ship
	1658	Resumed screening station on convoy and steamed on course 009 (T), at 6.5 knots (61 RPM)
	1935	Changed course to 054 (T)
	1950	Changed course to 090 (T). Average steam 600 lbs. Average RPM 80
20 to 24	2010	Ship of convoy bearing about 080 relative struck by torpedo. All hands called to General Quarters
	2015	Fired a starshell barrage from #4 gun in accordance with convoy doctrine
	2020	Changed speed to 15 knots (143 RPM), commenced swinging left to drop depth charges
	2022	Dropped 600 lb depth charge from port racks with 200 ft. setting
	2030	Changed speed to 10 knots (93 RPM)
	2038	Fired starshell barrage from #4 gun to illuminate port quarter
	2055	Secured from General Quarters. Set Condition of Readiness III, the ship remaining in Material Condition Afirm
	2131	Ship bearing about 065 relative struck by torpedo and burned instantaneously. Called all hands to General Quarters. swung the ship in a circle and carried out depth charge barrage in accordance with convoy doctrine
	2150	Secured from General Quarters. Set Condition of Readiness III, the ship remaining in Material Condition Afirm. Resumed station on port quarter of convoy, patrolling station
	2215	Sighted red rocket bearing about 210 true on starboard quarter. average steam 600 lbs. Average RPM 79.25