here is an article on the loss of the destroyer USS TRUXTON and the supply ship USS POLUX, the coworker whose nazi cufflinks and tie clip i posted also mentioned that he lived near where the wreck was and remembers his father telling him about the locals picking things off the beach that came ashore his father snagged a springfield armoury Garrand bayonet from the wreck
Disaster at Sea: The Story of the USS Truxtun and USS Pollux - weather.com