USS Loeser DE680

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="050285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>USS GREENWOOD  DE679</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS GREENWOOD DE679"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Case DD370"><U>USS Case DD370</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Dale W. Peterson DE337"><U>USS Dale W. Peterson  DE337</U></A>   |   <B>USS Loeser DE680</B>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Strickland DE333"><U>USS Strickland DE333</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Reynolds"><U>USS Reynolds</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USS Robert L. Wilson DD847"><U>USS Robert L. Wilson DD847</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jap Ships and Combat Photos"><U>Jap Ships and Combat Photo's</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>USS Loeser DE680</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="071d10b0.png" border=0 width="721" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="256" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="244"><div> Working on it.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Lt. CDR. Arthur E. Loeser.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Arthur Edward Loeser was born 17 April 1906 at Rahway, N.J. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy 15 August 1923, and commissioned ensign 2 June 1927. On 2 September 1941, Lieutenant Commander Loeser reported aboard light cruiser USS ATLANTA (CL-51) as engineering officer. Lieutenant Commander Loeser was killed in action 13 November 1942 when enemy torpedoes crippled USS ATLANTA in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0f9ed060.png" border=0 width="493" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> An excerpt from the book <I>GUADALCANAL: Decision at Sea</I> by Eric Hammel.</div> <bR> <div> Concerned with his crew of engineers who were sealed below decks in the firerooms and engine rooms, <I>Atlanta's</I> chief engineer, <B>LtCdr Arthur Loeser</B>, had arranged for topside talkers to keep him abreast of what was going on outside while he relayed a running commentary via loudspeakers from his station in the forward engine room. Thus, the engineering staff throughout the cruiser was listening as Lieutenant Commander Loeser described the first seconds of the gunnery exchange - <I>"We're really putting rounds into them!"</I></div> <div> Crewmen in blind engineering spaces throughout the ship heard <B>LtCdr Arthur Loeser's</B> mike open once again. Loeser said, <I>"Ah . . ."</I> and the entire world fell in. Loeser's voice was stilled in mid sentence - and forever.</div> <div> The first Japanese long lance torpedo to find any target struck Atlanta on the port side, nearly amidships and exactly in the center of her forward engine room. In addition to killing virtually everyone on the forward engine room, the detonation blasted a hole in the overhead and killed nearly everyone manning a damage-control station in the crew's mess. The shock of the massive detonation lifted the light cruiser right out of the water...</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> To read more about the battle click on the link below.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.world-war.co.uk/index.php3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.world-war.co.uk/index.php3"><U>http://www.world-war.co.uk/index2.php3 </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="549" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 137 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="397c6830.jpg" border=0 width="454" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> DE680, the USS Loeser from the deck of the USS Greenwood. 1944.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="253ff4e0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="78" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> CORTDIV36, 1944 in the Pacific: USS HARMON DE-678, USS GREENWOOD DE-679, USS LOESER DE-680. USS COOLBAUGH DE-217, USS DARBY DE-218, and the USS BLACKWOOD DE-219. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Photo Gallery's.</div> <div> Crew Lists.</div> <bR> <div> http://www.usnavalships.com/pictures/pc_489.htm</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>