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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

Name Service Branchsort ascending
Butcher Julius Schein USMM
Refrig. Engr. Juan Veira USMM
Butcher Frank Bryant USMM
A.B. Dwight De Priest USMM
Oiler German Galan USMM
Steward Louis Johnson USMM
Steward Frederick Maresca USMM
Messman Nicolas Padilla USMM
Deck Engineer Juan Seoane USMM
Linenkeeper Harry Wilson USMM
PVT Ernest Gore
PVT Allean Hughes
PVT Aylmer Lucas
CAPT John Manning
CSM Frederick Nash
SGT George Neil
PVT Frederick Prescott
PVT Frederick Roberts
PVT Thomas Robertson
SGT James Stephen

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