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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

Name Service Branchsort descending
GM 3c Henry Koerner USN
Sea 2c Lewis Campbell USN
Sea 1c Frank Kleinkauf USN
Sea 2c Manuel Carvalho USN
SM 3c John Lauland USN
Sea 2c Martin Collar USN
SM 3c Joseph Meade USN
Sea 2c Joseph Costa USN
GM 3c Martin Mills USN
Sea 1c Lloyd Farmer USN
Lt(jg) Robert Lippard USN
Sea 1c Robert Ewing USN
Sea 2c John Rindos USN
Sea 1c Roy Doster USN
Sea 2c Delbert Nader USN
Sea 1c George Haley USN
GM 3c Randolph Whitesides USN
GM 3c Christopher Giannotti USN
GM 3c T. Ward USN
Sea 1c Gerald Berard USN

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