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Roster Deaths in the Atlantic Theater of the War with Germany
Roster Deaths in the Atlantic Theater of the War with Germany
- This list matches the list at the bottom of the WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic webpage.
- See also WWII Roster, which has links to all Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster webpages.
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01 - Battle of the Atlantic submodule (13 dead)
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01 - Battle of the Atlantic submodule (13 dead)
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01-01 - Battle of The Atlantic (13 dead, updated 1 Jan 2023)
- Mediterranean and European theater maritime deaths are in the MTO Sea War and ETO Sea War webpages.
- Destroyer USS Truxtun (DD-229); DNB 18 Feb 1942 Placentia Bay, near Argentia, Newfoundland; Truxtun & supply ship USS Pollux (AKS-2) lost on rocks in winter storm while on convoy duty returning from Reykjavik, Iceland; 110 dead from Truxtun & 99 dead from Pollux, 186 survivors; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- Attack Cargo Ship USS Almaack (AKA-19); KIA 15 Nov 1942 off Portugal; Almaack had participated in Operation Torch landings in North Africa and was in convoy to Great Britain when damaged by torpedo from German U-Boat U-155; four dead; Battle of the Atlantic.
- Q-ship USS Atik (AK-101); KIA 27 Mar 1942 off North Carolina; Atik sunk by German submarine U-123, 141 dead, no survivors; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- Tanker Pan Massachusetts fireman/wiper; KIA 19 Feb 1942, off Cape Canaveral, FL; Pan Massachusetts torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-128; 20 dead, 18 survivors; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR
- Naval Air Scout Sqdn. VS-2 or VS-1D15, based at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone; Vought OS2N-1 Kingfisher BuNo 01408 pilot; DNB 5 Nov 1942 in Caribbean Sea NE of Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone; aircraft accident; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- Destroyer USS Leary (DD 158), Task Group 21.14, formed around the Escort Carrier USS Card (CVE 11); German reconnaissance aircraft spotted the task group in the North Atlantic on 24 Dec 1943 and the submarine wolfpack Borkum was ordered to attack; KIA 24 Dec 1943 at 45N, 22W, ~ 700 miles NE of Azores; submarine U-275 torpedoed and sank Leary; 97 dead, 59 survivors; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- US Navy Armed Guard on SS Topa Topa enroute from Port of Spain, Trinidad in the Caribbean to Takoradi in today's Ghana, Africa; KIA 29 Aug 1942 350 miles N of Cayenne, French Guinea; Topa Topa sunk by two torpedoes from German uboat U-66; 18 crew & seven armed guards died, abt 35 survived; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- US Navy Armed Guard on tanker SS Gulfoil; KIA 17 May 1942 in Gulf of Mexico ~75 miles SW of Mississippi delta; Gulfoil sunk by torpedoes from German submarine U-506; of 40 men on board, ~19 survived; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- Tanker USS Atlantic Sun radio officer; d. 15 Feb 1943 in North Atlantic, 150 miles off Cape Race, Newfoundland; Atlantic Sun torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-607, one survivor; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- Destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518); DNB 6 Apr 1943, Atlantic Ocean; lost overboard; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- Destroyer USS Warrington (DD 383); DNB 13 Sep 1944 off Bahama Is., Atlantic Ocean; Warrington sank in 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane; 148 dead, 73 survivors; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.
- Submarine USS Dorado (SS-248); KIA 12 Oct 1943 in Caribbean Sea off Panama; Dorado disappeared, crew of 78 died, possibly sunk by German naval mine; Battle of the Atlantic BNR.
- Destroyer USS Ingraham (DD-444), fast convoy AT-20 from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Greenock, Scotland; DNB 22 Aug 1942 off Nova Scotia; Ingraham passed in front of oil tanker Chemung in dense fog, was hit and sank; 11 survivors from crew of 208; Battle of the Atlantic; BNR.