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How large was the crew?

The fact box says that the crew numbered 101 officers and men. The text of the entry says the crew totaled 159 of which 44 survived. I'm not taking sides here regarding American particpation in the war at that point, but can someone who knows more about the US Navy than I do clarify which number is correct? Thanks. (71.22.47.232 (talk) 03:34, 31 October 2010 (UTC))[reply]

 What were we NOT told about the sinking of the RJ?

First of all, the US was in direct violation of the neutral combatants treaty by escoring vessels carrying munitions bound for a combatant country.

Secondly, there were no 'wolfpacks' at that time, they developed years later. Subs were lone wolves then.

Thirdly, and most importantly, the Reuben James, not the sub, was the aggressor. It had detected and engaged the sub, and enegaged in depth charge attacks while the sub was actually leaving the area of the convoy being escorted. It was only after the sub suffered considerable damage from the attack, that she stopped fleeing and instead turned and sank the ancient DD the RJ.

 I am afraid many Americans make judgements based on what they have been told, rather than what actually happened!

Rogelio39 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.66.83.138 (talk) 21:38, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict between Erich Topp page and RJ page

The Reuben James page says that Erich Topp was the U-Boat commander who sank RJ. It has a link that leads to the Topp page, which says that Topp became a commander in 1940. As Topp was a noted naval commander during and after the war, I wonder if his bio is correct, and the wrong attribution of command for U-552 was made on the RJ page. Or was Topp a junior officer on U-552 and just happened to have the conn that day?