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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
Sea 2c Melvin Burns USN
Sea 2c Nickolas Bukvic USN
Butcher Frank Bryant USMM
Sea 2c Edmond Broyles USN
CSM Walter Broomfield
A.B. Joe Brito USMM
Sea 2c Leo Brewer USN
Sea 2c John Bratton USN
Waiter Marvin Bond USMM
Sea 2c Mike Bokulich USN
Sea 2c Sidney Bleau USN
Sea 2c Fred Birzer USN
LT Lawrence Billing
Cook Salvatore Bensussan USMM
Sea 2c Harry Benner USN
Sea 2c John Barry USN
Baker Clifton Aut USMM
F/W Augusto Arostegui USMM
Oiler Francisco Arnau USMM
Steward Roberto Arnau USMM

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