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Sumner I. Kimball

Ship Designation: 
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Date Lost: 
Sunday, January 16, 1944
U-Boat Attack near Belle Isle Strait
While en route from England to New York via Scotland, the freighter Sumner I. Kimball straggled away from her convoy and was never seen again. Records later showed her to have been torpedoed by U-960 ... There were no survivors.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 70

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Utility Gerald Mitchell USMM
Sea 1c Joseph Misevicz USN
A.B. Lloyd Minninger USMM
Utility Milton Milkvy USMM
GM 3c Buford Metcalf USN
Purser Lee Meacham USMM
Sea 1c Charles Mcdonald USN
Sea 1c Wilson Marshall USN
Chief Cook John Marks USMM
Cook John Lynch USMM
Sea 1c Nicholas Lucia USN
Sea 1c George Lovett USN
Sea 1c Kenneth Legay USN
Radio Officer Vincent Kirk USMM
O.S. Joseph Kennis USMM
Sea 1c Durward Johnson USN
SM 3c Harold Jevning USN
2nd Mate Edmund Irvin USMM
SM 1c Leonard Hubbard USN
Oiler Walter Howe USMM

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