 USS Osmus (DE-701)

USS "Osmus" (DE-701) was a of the United States Navy, named for Wesley Frank Osmus, a Navy aviator posthumously awarded the Navy Cross after his TBD Devastator from USS was shot down during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942.Research many years later indicated Ensign Osmus survived his plane's ditching but was captured, tortured and executed by the Japanese later that same day.