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West Portal

Ship Designation: 
-
Date Lost: 
Friday, February 5, 1943
U-Boat Attack in the North Atlantic
The Freighter SS West Portal was torpedoed by U-413 in the North Atlantic while en convoy from New York to Liverpool England. ... The ship had straggled away from the convoy when she was sunk. Neither the ship nor the crew were ever seen again.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 65

Namesort ascending Service Branch
A.B. Bent Nielsen USMM
A.B. Irvin Myers USMM
Sea 1c Thomas Murphy USN
Sea 1c Daniel Murphy USN
Messman Ellis Morris USMM
Cook Lee Moon USMM
Messman Graciliano Molina USMM
Messman Miguel Miranda USMM
Oiler Donald Mchugh USMM
O.S. Thomas Mcgovern USMM
Chief Engineer Charles Mcclintock USMM
3rd Engineer Edward Mason USMM
Deck Engineer Frank Manning USMM
Chief Mate Archibald Maclean USMM
Cook Joe Ling USMM
Messman Otto Liedtke USMM
Cook Chew Jung USMM
Cox Clifford Howe USN
F/W Thomas Hoffmann USMM
O.S. Max Hirschkowitz USMM

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