immediately, and the stern settled soon thereafter. The bow, curiously, remained above water for several hours. Finally, however, all but the crow's nest disappeared beneath the waves. Sturtevant went down off Key West about north of the Marquesas Keys. Fifteen of her crew were lost with the ship. Sturtevant lies as two sections in of water. It was later determined that Sturtevant passed through an American-laid minefield of whose existence the crew had not been notified. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 May 1942. References Roll of Honor External links U.S.S. STURTEVANT DD-240 "as-built" artist’s conception "The Death of his First Love", a secondhand eyewitness account of Sturtevants sinking by crewmember Thomas Joseph Burns RdM1c Clemson-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United States Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation 1920 ships Ships sunk by mines World War II shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys Maritime incidents in April 1942