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Suffolk

Ship Designation: 
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Date Lost: 
Saturday, December 11, 1943
Lost in Storm off Montauk Point
The Freighter SS Suffolk was lost with all hands when she foundered and sank in a Northeaster while en route from Norfolk, Virginia to Boston. The last report from the ship stated that she was foundering in a heavy gale. Twenty days later, USS Reeve (DE-156) picked-up a raft with the bodies of a crewman and a Navy gunner. It was determined that the men had died of exposure just two days earlier.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 33

Namesort ascending Service Branch
O.S. Wilbur Estes USMM
F/W Richard Dutcher USMM
2nd Cook Joseph Delaney USMM
F/W John Davis USMM
Oiler Galtana Danna USMM
Utility John Daluzz USMM
Coal Passer Richard Conrad USMM
A.B. Charles Cavileer USMM
Messman George Byler USMM
F/W William Buckley USMM
Chief Engineer Irving Bennett USMM
F/W Fuller Ashton USMM
O.S. Bobby Anderson USMM

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A Carless Word A Needless Sinking.