 "Winooski" launched the fire support boats and, while they moved in to assist the troops assaulting the beaches, she proceeded to fuel the ships in the anchorage.She continued fueling operations unmolested until 11 November when the enemy launched a series of submarine counterattacks against the invasion fleet.At about 2000 hours that evening, a torpedo from German submarine U-173 struck the oiler just abaft of the bridge, punching a hole in her number 6 tank and damaging several other compartments as well.