[3] A torpedo struck the port side and detonated the forward magazine.

[3] The hull aft of the third stack remained afloat for 5 minutes; and 44 men were rescued from the crew of 159.

[3] Reuben James was the first United States warship sunk during World War II.

Task Unit 4.1.3 handed the convoy off to the British 6th Escort Group on 1 November 1941.

[2] Empire Foam launched her Hawker Sea Hurricane to intercept a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft, which it chased off.