Action off Cape Bougaroun

Action off Cape Bougaroun
Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II
USS Beatty in January 1943.
Date 6 November 1943 Location off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria, Mediterranean Sea Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom Greece  Netherlands	Nazi Germany
Commanders and leaders
Charles C. Hartman	unknown
Strength
1 cruiser 10 destroyers 4 destroyer escorts 26 transports	25 aircraft
Casualties and losses
17 killed ~9 wounded 1 destroyer sunk 2 transports sunk 1 destroyer damaged 2 transports damaged	~10 killed 6 aircraft destroyed

The Action off Cape Bougaroun, or the Attack on Convoy KMF-25A was a Luftwaffe action against an Allied naval convoy off the coast of Algeria during World War II. The convoy of American, British, Greek and Dutch ships was attacked on 6 November 1943 by 25 German land based aircraft. Six Allied vessels were sunk or damaged and six German aircraft were destroyed. German forces achieved a tactical victory, though the Allied warships involved received credit for defending their convoy and reacting to their losses quickly. The quick response led to the rescue of over 6,000 service men and civilians without further loss of life.

Convoy KMF-25A consisted of 26 transports escorted by 15 warships. It sailed from Liverpool to Naples. The 26 transports carried roughly 28,000 American, British and Canadian soldiers as well as war supplies and nurses. Most, if not all of the vessels were armed with small naval and anti-aircraft guns; the American and Dutch ships had armed guards aboard who manned the weapons. The convoy was designated Task Group 60.2 and was under the command of United States Navy Captain Charles C. Hartman in his flagship USS Mervine. Task Group 60.2 included the British light cruiser HMS Colombo and the destroyers USS Mervine, Davison, Parker, Laub, Beatty, Tillman, McLanahan and HMS Haydon with two other Hunt-class vessels. There were also four destroyer escorts, two Greek and two American, including USS Frederick C. Davis and Herbert C. Jones.

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