USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)-- Part 3: Rescuing Survivors

On 8 July 1917, the Jones rescued 44 survivors from the Valetta, torpedoed by the U- 87.  While escorting the British steamship Dafila two weeks later, lookouts on the USS  Jacob Jones spotted a periscope, but before it could attack, the U-45 torpedoed and sank the steamship.  The Jones rescued 26 of the 29 crew members before it sank.

On 19 October the British armed merchant cruiser Orama and ten destroyers, including the Jacob Jones were escorting an eastbound convoy of twenty steamers, when the U-62 surfaced in the midst of the group.  The submarine launched its only remaining torpedo and sank the Orama.  The Jones then rescued 309 survivors.

--Cooter