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by Mark Gurdy
Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:27 am
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Liberty ship stranded in Bay of Bengal late 1943
Replies: 2
Views: 83803

Liberty ship stranded in Bay of Bengal late 1943

Hello, In the CBI Roundup, 12 November 1943 issue, (https://www.cbi-theater.com/roundup/roundup111243.html ) there is a story about a stranded Liberty ship in the Bay of Bengal, which was refloated by a B-24 bomber plane dropping a rope across the Liberty ship's deck to facilitate the construction o...
by Mark Gurdy
Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:46 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: US submarine chaser SC-1067
Replies: 2
Views: 56538

Re: US submarine chaser SC-1067

Thank You Jan-Olof,

I don't understand, how I did miss that. I had looked the wikipedia page several times already.

Regards,

Markku
by Mark Gurdy
Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:05 am
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: US submarine chaser SC-1067
Replies: 2
Views: 56538

US submarine chaser SC-1067

Hello!

US submarine chaser SC-1067 foundered in a storm and sunk off Attu, Aleutians on 19 Nov 1943.
Her complement was 28 men.

Does anybody have info about the possible casualties?

Thanks,

Markku
by Mark Gurdy
Wed May 05, 2021 8:47 am
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42
Replies: 4
Views: 16538

Re: Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42

Hello,

I have the submarine´s commander name as Pavel Malantyenko (Wikipedia, Soviet submarine S-13) and the sinking location 60.21N 19.00N.

Cheers,

Markku L
by Mark Gurdy
Wed Nov 27, 2019 8:27 pm
Forum: Ship Forum
Topic: finnish Steamer RAINER
Replies: 3
Views: 21439

Re: finnish Steamer RAINER

Hello, Kurt The Finnish steamer Rainer (ex Wirma ) had loaded 3144 tonnes of coke at Emden, of which 590 tonnes had been placed on deck. The ship was enroute to Stockholm. The ship set out on Wed 12.3.1941 at 2 pm, with Kustaa Jens Laine as the master and 22 men on board. The ship arrived off Borkum...