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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

Name Service Branchsort ascending
Sea 1c Philip Puckman USN
GM 3c Rathka Prince USN
Sea 1c Thomas Murphy USN
Sea 1c Daniel Murphy USN
Sea 1c Walter Novak USN
3rd Mate Daniel Fitzpatrick USMM
Messman Graciliano Molina USMM
1st Engineer Erwin Rehm USMM
A.B. George Goving USMM
Cook Lee Moon USMM
Master Oswald Griffin USMM
Messman Ellis Morris USMM
A.B. Henry Hawk USMM
A.B. Irvin Myers USMM
F/W Joseph Haywood USMM
A.B. Bent Nielsen USMM
O.S. Max Hirschkowitz USMM
A.B. Svend Olufson USMM
F/W Thomas Hoffmann USMM
Deck Cadet David Pitzely USMM

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