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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
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
Cook Chew Jung USMM
A.B. Charles Shipelis USMM
Messman Otto Liedtke USMM
O.S. William Smedley USMM
Bosun Alexis Bigelow USMM
Cook Joe Ling USMM
Radio Officer Orren Wischebrink USMM

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