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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 descending
Sea 1c Nicholas Reda USN
Sea 1c Marvin Ebbert USN
Sea 1c Victor Pezzottini USN
Sea 1c Harry Edelmayer USN
Sea 1c Gustave Pashkoff USN
Lt(jg) William Warnock USN
Sea 1c John Ramsell USN
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
Sea 1c Joseph Obrien USN
GM 3c Robert Branch USN
Cox Clifford Howe USN
Sea 1c Peter Coccoro USN
Sea 1c Jack Epstein USN
Sea 1c Joseph Collins USN
Sea 1c John Fedelen USN
Sea 1c Donald Sundin USN

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