The USS Edsall was sunk by Japanese dive bombers a few months after the attack on Pearl Harbour - with a huge loss of life.

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said.

The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall— and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...