Mudcat Café message #81478

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Thread #311 Message #81478
Posted By: Bojangles
25-May-99 - 01:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Sinking of the Reuben James^^^
Subject: THE GOOD REUBEN JAMES

The Reuben James,I learnedd somewhere along the way was a destroyer in the US Navy fleet and the first to be sunk (by torpedo, I think) at the beginning of WWII. Woody Guthrie wrote w fine song about it. Recently I was asked who Reuben James was, and I had no answer. Can anyone help?
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