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All 350 crew aboard were killed with no remains recovered. The concussion and metal fragments hurled from the ship also caused casualties and damage to ships and small craft within 2,000 yards (1,800 m). The repair ship USS Mindanao, which was broadside-on to the blast, was the most seriously damaged.
World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in Allied air raids at Hamburg between 30 March and 8 April. She was refloated in 1948, repaired and entered West German service in 1950 as Clare Grammerstorf. [6] Elbing Germany: World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by artillery shelling and beached at Schweinesand. She was later ...
A Victory ship of World War II Liberty ship of World War II. The Emergency Shipbuilding Program built many types of ships to support the war. The most numerous ships were the 2,710 cargo Liberty ships. [25] Liberty ships were built between 1941 and 1945, with a new module assembly process so that about three ships were built every two days. [26]
Lost after 8 April 1945: Possibly sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kōkūtai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna. Swordfish: SS-193 Sargo class: Ryukyu Islands: Lost about 12 January 1945: Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or sunk by kaibokan CD-4. Tang: SS-306 Balao class: Formosa Strait: 25 October 1944: Sunk by circular ...
The blast severed the ship's entire bow forward of turret two. The bow twisted to port, damaging the ship's hull as it was wrenched free by the ship's momentum, and sank immediately off the aft port quarter. Everyone in turrets one and two perished. New Orleans was forced into a reverse course to starboard and lost steering and communications ...
Spanish Civil War: The C 1-class motor launch was lost in February or March. C 5 Spanish Republican Navy: Spanish Civil War: The C 1-class motor launch was lost in February or March. Gambhira United Kingdom: World War II: The Admiralty requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow Orkney Islands sometime in
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HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England: White Ship – Ship carrying William Adelin, heir to the English Throne and the Duchy of Normandy, and more than 300 others. Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel.