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Muskeget

Ship Designation: 
WAG-48
Date Lost: 
Wednesday, September 9, 1942
Lost in North Atlantic
When she was overdue in reaching home port, Muskeget was presumed lost in action with no survivors. At the time of her sinking, she had 121 men on board: 9 commissioned officers, 107 enlisted men, one Public Health Service officer, and four civilian employees of the U.S. Weather Service. German naval records recovered after the war indicated that U-755, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Walter Göing, reported torpedoing a U.S. auxiliary merchant cruiser in Muskeget's area of operation on 9 September 1942. It was probably this attack that caused the destruction of Muskeget and the loss of her entire crew. U-755 was herself sunk in the Mediterranean by a Royal Air Force Hudson on 28 May 1943.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 117

Name Service Branchsort descending
F 3c Paul Needs USCG
Sea 1c Norman Dexter USCG
Y 3c Albert Altman USCG
Sea 1c Donald Anderson USCG
AS Herman Bryan USCG
WT 2c Irving Bruckner USCG
QM 3c Alvin Burden USCG
CMM Cecil Canfield USCG
Cox John Clark USCG
Matt 3c Charles Cranshaw USCG
AS Maurice Dauphin USCG
Matt 3c Clifton Allen USCG
F 2c George Domanick USCG
SC 3c John Downey USCG
F 1c Vessie Eggers USCG
F 2c John Egan USCG
Sea 1c John Ether USCG
SOM 3c Erman Farr USCG
Ens Stephen Fuld USCG
MM 1c Irvin Gray USCG

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