February 18th, 1942 DD-229, a Clemson-class destroyer along with USS Pollux and USS Wilkes, ran aground and sank near Chambers Cove, NFLD, with over 200 fatalities, while escorting convoy ON-57. This small Newfoundland mining town has its own amazing 'Come From Away' story Lanier Phillips – Dead Reckoning: The Pollux-Truxtun Disaster
