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Caddo

Ship Designation: 
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Date Lost: 
Monday, November 23, 1942
U-Boat Attack in North Atlantic
The Tanker SS Caddo was torpedoed by U-518 in the North Atlantic while en route to Iceland. Cado sank in about 90 minutes, after which the U-Boat surfaced and took the Captain and Chief Officer prisoner. ... Although no one was killed in the explosion, two of the three lifeboats were lost at sea. the number one lifeboat capsized on December 7. Eight men perished that day and three more the day after. Six remaining survivors were rescued. The Captian died while a prisoner of war.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 45

Name Service Branchsort descending
A.B. Philip Gilman USMM
Messman Hiram Torres USMM
O.S. Alvin Barnett USMM
Wiper Charles Horn USMM
A.B. Raymond Van Brogen USMM
3rd Engineer Adam Bogdonovic USMM
O.S. Augustus Hornbrook USMM
Chief Engineer Arthur Watson USMM
A.B. Ernest Boshinsky USMM
Bosun Edwin Johansson USMM
1st Engineer Harold Wegmann USMM
F/W Worth Buckner USMM
2nd Engineer Daniel Johnston USMM
Utility David Caylor USMM
Jr. 3rd Mate Joseph Morgan USMM
Wiper Franklin Charlock USMM
Steward Ole Olsen USMM
Sea 2c Leonard Currier USN
Ens Edward Knudsen USN
Sea 1c Richard Kendall USN

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