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West Portal

Ship Designation: 
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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
Chief Steward Dixie Burton USMM
GM 3c Robert Branch USN
Oiler Stig Borgqvist USMM
Wiper George Bikowski USMM
Bosun Alexis Bigelow USMM

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A Careless Word, A Needless Sinking