England β , who was killed in action aboard the battleship Oklahoma during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December Her sinking of six Japanese submarines in twelve days is a feat unparalleled in the history of anti-submarine warfare. England, mother of Ensign England; and commissioned on 10 December On the morning of 19 May, an American patrol aircraft spotted I on the surface and made a contact report. Alerted, England , Raby and George conducted a line-abreast sonar sweep.
At , England detected I with sonar. A third Hedgehog attack at missed because depth was assumed to be feet 61 m rather than the feet 99 m revealed by the fathometer following the attack. I outmaneuvered a fourth Hedgehog attack. The fifth Hedgehog attack at resulted in four to six detonations and was followed by a large underwater explosion which lifted England' s fantail and knocked men off their feet.
Debris began floating to the surface twenty minutes later and the following day there was a 3-bynautical-mile 3. A 20 May message was decoded revealing Japanese plans for a submarine trap north of the Admiralty Islands to intercept an anticipated movement of United States aircraft carriers.
George detected Ro on radar at on 22 May, saw the submarine dive when located by searchlight, and missed with a Hedgehog attack at A large underwater explosion was detected as England prepared to conduct a third attack, and a heavy oil slick with debris was evident after sunrise.
The three destroyer escorts formed a search line with a scouting interval of 16, yards during hours of darkness. Raby detected Ro on radar at on 23 May, made sonar contact at but missed with four Hedgehog attacks beginning at George missed with another Hedgehog attack at , then missed with another four more Hedgehog attacks between and England missed with a first Hedgehog attack and scored an estimated ten or twelve detonations on a second Hedgehog attack at The hits were followed by noises of the submarine breaking up and a large underwater explosion three minutes later.
