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Louise Lykes

Ship Designation: 
NULL-NULL
Date Lost: 
Saturday, January 9, 1943
U-Boat Attack in North Atlantic
The Freighter SS Louise Lykes was topredoed by U-384 while en route to Belfast, Northern Ireland. There were no survivors. ... After the war, German records showed that the ship's complement put up a tremendous battle, nearly sinking the submarine.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 85

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Deck Maint. Hans Nielsen USMM
Utility Vincent Neville USMM
Sea 2c Delbert Nader USN
GM 3c Martin Mills USN
Deck Cadet Allen Miller USMM
1st Engineer Lloyd Miller USMM
Steward Herbert Meifort USMM
SM 3c Joseph Meade USN
Master Edwin Madden USMM
A.B. John Mack USMM
Utility Ralph Lotti USMM
Messman Charles Loeb USMM
Lt(jg) Robert Lippard USN
SM 3c John Lauland USN
Electrician Maurice Kraus USMM
Wiper Irving Korb USMM
GM 3c Henry Koerner USN
Sea 1c Frank Kleinkauf USN
3rd Engineer Herbert Kirkpatrick USMM
Sea 2c Joseph Kearney USN

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