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The ship was operated for WSA by its agent Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (Agwilines). The ship was in convoy SG 19 from New York to Greenland transiting the Labrador Sea when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on February 3, 1943. The ship sank with loss of 674 of the 904 on board with one of the 230 survivors lost after rescue.
The crew and passengers, who included 154 officers and men of the 831st Bombardment Squadron, were all lost. Of the 580 men aboard only one body was recovered. 580 Military 1941 Germany: Pinguin – A German auxiliary cruiser which served as a commerce raider in World War II that captured or sunk 32 ships
The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser), or merchant or commerce raider of the Kriegsmarine, which, in World War II, travelled more than 161,000 km (100,000 mi) in 602 days, and sank or captured 22 ships with a combined tonnage of 144,384.
Merchant seamen are civilians who elect to work at sea. Their working practices in 1939 had changed little in hundreds of years. They "signed on" to sail aboard a ship for a voyage or succession of voyages and after being "paid off" at the end of that time were free to either sign on for a further engagement if they were required, or to take unpaid "leave" before "signing on" aboard another ...
The Gallant Liberty Ship SS Stephen Hopkins Sinks a German Raider Archived 2008-11-04 at the Wayback Machine from American Merchant Marine at War – U.S. Maritime Service Veterans; Gallant Ship Award Citation from U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia from Houghton Mifflin.
World War II merchant ships of the United States (1 C, 295 P) W. World War II merchant ships of Yugoslavia (2 P) This page was last edited on 14 February 2024, at 12: ...
MV San Demetrio was a British motor tanker, [2] notable for her service during the Second World War.She was built in 1938 for the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company. [2] In 1940 she was damaged by enemy action in mid-Atlantic, abandoned by her crew but later re-boarded and successfully brought into harbour.
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Thessaloniki, Greece. The wreck was scrapped in situ in March 1948. [3] Ceram Maru Japan: World War II: The hulk of the Standard Type 2TM tanker was raised in late 1945 in Manila harbor during harbor clearance, taken to deep water and scuttled. [4] Dinteldyk Netherlands