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Coamo

Ship Designation: 
-
Date Lost: 
Wednesday, December 9, 1942
U-Boat Attack near Bermuda

SS Coamo was topredoed by U-604 off of Bermuda while en route to New York. The ship was detached from the convoy she started in and was never heard from again. This was the greatest loss of a merchant crew of any US Flag merchant vessel during WWII

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 186

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Oiler Sebastian Rivera USMM
Jr. Engineer Alfred Reynolds USMM
Storekeeper Bernardo Reina USMM
2nd Engineer Archbald Pryde USMM
Cook Leon Prince USMM
PVT Frederick Prescott
Quartermaster Laureano Pinero USMM
Steward Enrique Pietersz USMM
Jr. 3rd Engineer Moises Palenque USMM
Messman Nicolas Padilla USMM
A.B. Cipriano Ogenio USMM
1st Engineer Norbert Novoa USMM
Baker Oluf Norup USMM
SGT George Neil
CSM Frederick Nash
Cook Antonio Munoz USMM
SM 3c Raymond Mulligan USN
2nd Mate Robert Mueller USMM
A.B. Jesse Morrell USMM
Jr. Engineer Eric Morgan USMM

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