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Cherokee

Ship Designation: 
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Date Lost: 
Monday, June 15, 1942
Torpedoed near Halifax
On June 15, 1942 the troopship S.S. Cherokee was part of a convoy out of Halifax Nova Scotia. The Cherokee was a fast freighter just down from Iceland carrying 41 army enlisted men, 4 Russian naval officers, and an army air force pilot, all headed for the US. Two torpedoes had hit the S.S. Port Nicholson and she was firing flares. A low boom followed by two huge explosions were seen on the troopship. Two torpedoes had hit her. The troop ship sank almost immediately taking half of her ships crew and the soldiers down with her. Flares and rockets indicated a submarine attack (U-87) on the convoy. The Escanaba came to the position where the SS Cherokee had gone down and to assist with survivors.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 66

Namesort descending Service Branch
Steward Charles Lucas USMM
Galleyman Jose Masdeu USMM
Wiper Robert Mason USMM
Utility Raul Mayoral USMM
Baker Jacob Meylemans USMM
1st Engineer Merrion Moates USMM
Storekeeper John Morino USMM
Messman Emilio Navas USMM
Utility Jorge Pasols USMM
Deck Engineer Alexander Penndorf USMM
Waiter Robert Poirier USMM
Deck Watchman Victor Price USMM
Utility Carl Raap USMM
Waiter Laser Rabinowitz USMM
O.S. Felipe Rivera USMM
Chief Engineer Everett Robertson USMM
Oiler Antonio Rodriguez USMM
Waiter Antonio Rojas USMM
Utility Willy Rusch USMM
Waiter James Sadler USMM

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Excerpted - Kenneth Eugene Cowan RCN