0410 on 18 February while acting as escort to in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Truxtun ran aground "in a howling gale" between the outport communities of Lawn and St. Lawrence, near Chambers Cove. Under extremely violent and freezing sea conditions she broke up almost immediately after grounding and, in spite of the heroic efforts of the local populace, lost 110 members of her crew to the elements. Pollux was also wrecked with 93 fatalities, and also grounded, but made way with no fatalities. Robert Chafe's play, Oil and Water, depicts the story of Lanier Phillips, the sole African American survivor of the sinking of Truxtun. Truxtuns name was struck from the Navy list on 25 March 1942. Convoys escorted References External links navsource.org Clemson-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United States Ships built by William Cramp & Sons Truxton World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean 1920 ships Maritime incidents in February 1942 Non-combat naval accidents