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Baependy – On 16 August, the Brazilian merchant ship was torpedoed by the U 507. Two torpedoes were launched, with an interval of 30 seconds, breaking the ship in half. 270 Civilian 1943 Australia: AHS Centaur – A hospital ship attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine on 16 May off Queensland, Australia. Of the 332 medical personnel and ...
For World War II 97 Victory ships temporarily were converted to troopship. [29] By the end of the war over 11,000 ships were under the control of the War Shipping Administration. [4] [30] [31] Many World War 2 surplus merchant ships were removed from the National Defense Reserve Fleet and put into action to support the Korean War and Vietnam ...
Propaganda poster; note the "MN" buttonhole badge. Merchant seamen crewed the ships of the British Merchant Navy which kept the United Kingdom supplied with raw materials, arms, ammunition, fuel, food and all of the necessities of a nation at war throughout World War II — literally enabling the country to defend itself.
The outcome of the battle was a strategic victory for the Allies—the German tonnage war failed—but at great cost: 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk in the Atlantic for the loss of 783 U-boats and 47 German surface warships, including 4 battleships (Bismarck, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Tirpitz), 9 cruisers, 7 raiders, and 27 ...
The ship was knocked out of the war and although repaired, she did not see active service after World War II. She was scrapped in 1973. USS Wasp (CV-18), on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500 lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast ...
Losses during the Battle of the Atlantic. The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT). Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785.
Appearance. List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946, [ 1 ] sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of. The list does not include United States Merchant Marine ships ...
World War II: Convoy RB 1: The V-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by U-404 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 134 crew, and 63 of the 65 survivors from Boston ( United Kingdom). The two survivors from Boston were rescued by New Bedford ( United States). [227][217] Yorktown. United Kingdom.