CHELSEA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD WAR II

A lot of Americans believed that whatever 'Hitler' was doing in Europe and 'Tojo' was doing in the Far East, none of it was any of our business. Let them blow each other to smithereens, we have no worries; not with two great oceans protecting us. The tune changed with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941. Then the rush was on to enlist.

"I fear all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve." Admiral Yamomoto

"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." Sir Winston Churchill

Pvt. Lawrence P. Lyons, Jr.		Service Flag Presented to City   On October 12, 1943 several hundred persons gathered in Chelsea Square to observe the raising of a Service Flag which was presented to the city by a joint committee of the Chelsea Council Knights of Columbus and the Chelsea Lodge of Elks. The flag bearing the number "4849" representing the Chelsea men and women serving in the armed forces, and the number "23" representing the number of persons who have thus far given their lives in the world conflict. The honor of unfurling the service flag was given to Mrs. Lillian V. Ostler, of Broadway, who had eight sons in the service.
	Pvt. Lawrence P. Lyons, Jr., a resident of Lash St. was the only Chelsea person to lose his life during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Lyons was the son of Lawrence P. and Leontina (Carridon) Lyons. He was born in Chelsea and educated in the Burke, Prattville, Carter and Chelsea Senior High Schools, graduating in 1939. Lyons was killed as he ran across a runway at Hickam Field during the second wave of the Japanese attack. He was the lone Chelsea victim that "Day of Infamy" when more than 2,400 lost their lives and the world was changed forever.
He survived the first assault on Hickam Field, but as he was running across the runway in the second wave a piece of shrapnel hit him in the back. Lyons was just 20 years old when he fell.   Lyons' father, Lawrence P., a World War 1 Navy veteran, almost immediately signed up again with the Navy despite being in his 40s and served during World War 2 on a Navy water-tender, which supplied fresh water on the ships.   Lyons' brother Robert, 18 at the time of the attack, dropped out of school and joined the Naval Airforce. He made a career out of the Navy and retired as a captain. Lyons' sister Elizabeth, 16 at the time of the attack, now lives in New Jersey.
General Norman Cota, Chelsea Native, Key Figure In The War
	A military general who directed many of the leading campaigns in Europe and Africa during World War II is a Chelsea native and was graduated from local schools.   After graduating from Chelsea High School, Maj-Gen Norman Cota attended Worcester Academy and later graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. General Cota was one of the key figures in the invasion in Oran in North Africa, was one of the heroes of the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach, and was instrumental in defeating the germans at the battle of St. Lo.   As commander of the 29th Infantry Division, Gen. Cota led the unit across France, Belgium and Luxembourg, and was credited with being principally responsible for the Allied victory at Bastongne, one of the key points in the Battle of the Bulge.
A Distinguished Service Medal winner, Gen. Cota always gave his home as Chelsea, where his mother and sister lived at 308 Washington Ave. His sister, Miss Ardell Cota, taught in Chelsea for many years, serving as elementary supervisor at the Shurtleff School and principal at the Mary C. Burke School until her retirement.   In September of 1944, He was promoted to the rank of major-general and in 1947, he became director of the Philadelphia region of the War Assets Adminstration, a position he held until he retired on September 30, 1945. General Cota, along with General Balnchard, another Chelsea-born war hero, led the "Victory Parade" in this city in October of 1945.
Eight Chelsea brothers serving in World War 2 Charles J. Ostler Killed in Action Howard Ostler, 27 - Leon Ostler, 25 - Twins Robert and Roland Ostler, 19 - Arthur Ostler, 30 - Donald Ostler, 21 - George Ostler, 23 - CLICK HERE FOR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
	Partial Listing of Chelsea Veterans who served in World War 2
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174 Chelsea Residents who lost their lives during World War 2. Click the name of a specific individual for more information Additional individual information exists only where the link is enabled.
Stanley Adamowicz	Bosun Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Sidney J. Malatsky	Leutenant	Ar. Air Force	Killed in Action
Louis T. Annese	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	Samuel Margollis	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action
Benjamin Azarva	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	Edward N. Marshall	Seaman 3c	?	?
Francis E. Bangs, Jr.	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	John P. McDonald	A.O.M. 2/c	?	?
Francis B. Barbieri	Corporal	US Army	Killed in Action	Irving McGuire	A 3c	?	?
Harry Baritz	Private F. C.	US Army	Died - Non Battle	William Meehan	Leutenant	US Navy	Killed in Action
Louis A. Barone	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	Homer P. Menard	C. T. Captain	US Navy	Killed in Action
Israel D. Barr	PhM 2-c	?	?	Michael A. Migliore	Yeoman 2c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Hyman Belsky	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Bernard Miller	Staff Sergeant	US Army	Finding of Death
William A. Berkowitz	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	LeRoy F.Mitchell	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action
Louis C. Bial	Sergeant	US Army	Died - Non Battle	John C. Mowatt	A.R.M. 2/C	US Navy	Killed in Action
Adolph Bialecki	T/5	US Army	Killed in Action	James D. Mugford	A 3c	?	?
Milton G. Bloom	Corporal	US Army	Died - Non Battle	Frederick P. Myers	BM 1/c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Sidney Bloom	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Michael A.Nadworny	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action
Edward F. Brennan	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle	Michael J. Nemerowski Jr	F/O	US Navy	Killed in Action
Melvin Brodie	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	William L. Nolan	Leutenant	US Army	Killed in Action
Charles Brodsky	C.B.M.	US Navy	Died as POW	Sidney Noretsky	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Jack R. Brodsky	Private F. C.	US Army	Finding of Death	John E. O'Keefe	Leutenant	?	?
Charles J. Burke	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	Nicholas Opolka	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Richard R. Burns	B.M.2-c	?	?	Charles J. Ostler *	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Delmar C. Cadle	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	George E. Pantano	Leutenant	US Navy	Killed in Action
Dovela Anthony Casey	Utility Man Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Chester W. Pazyra	Corporal	?	?
Wilfred J. Cassie	Sergeant	US Army	Died - Non Battle	Chester J. Peach	Seaman 1c.	US Navy	Killed in Action
Joseph J. Campedelli	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Eben C. Peach	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Anthony M. Cenga	?	?	?	Maurice P. Penan	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Michael Cimino	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Moris M. Pinks	Leutenant	US Army	Finding of Death
Paul Connors	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	Harry Potter	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Frederick J. Cotreau	Private	?	?	James E. Powers	Seaman 1c	?	?
William S. Cucciniello	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	Donald Randazzo	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Vahe Dadourian	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	Michael J. Repuccci	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Israel Wolf Davis	Appr. .Seaman	Coast Guard	Killed in Action	Pfc. Guido Rosati	Private F. C.	US Marines	Killed in Action
Norman B. Denning	T/5	US Army	Killed in Action	Bernard Ross	Fireman 1/c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Herbert L. Dennis	S.V.G. 3/c	US Navy	Died - Non Battle	Joseph M. Ross	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Frank S. DiLorenzo	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Russell Rowe	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action
John Di Silvestro	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Felix P. Rowinski	CPO	US Navy	Killed in Action
John L. Doran	Sergeant	US Army	Died - Non Battle	Nicholas Salerno	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Samuel Doris	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Harold K. Searle, Jr.	Leutenant	US Army	Killed in Action
Thomas G. Downey	Private F. C.	US Marines	Died - Non Battle	George Sevkarian	Sergeant	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Clifford R. Durgin	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Charles W. Shannon Jr.	Leutenant	US Army	Died - Non Battle
James S. Duval III	Seaman 1-c	?	?	Israel D. Shapiro	Private F. C	US Army	Died of Wounds
Walter A. Falta	Tec5	US Army	Finding of Death	George Shatzman	Captain	US Army	Killed in Action
Leonard Fleischer	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	Robert Quinton Shea	Raidoman 3c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Thomas A. Flight	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Robert Frank Shearer	Ship's Cook 2c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Ernest A. French	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Ramon M. Skoczylas	Private F. C	US Army	Killed in Action
George T. Garden	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	Gregory Shoohigh	Tec5	US Army	Killed in Action
Martin Gates	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	Clarence Snow	C.M.	?	?
John H. Gavin	Corporal	US Army	Died - Non Battle	Charles J. Socha	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action
Harry S. General	Leutenant	US Army	Finding of Death	Carl Spragg	Leutenant	?	?
John A. Gianetto	Seaman 1c	?	?	Peter Stamulis	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
William Vincent Giguere	Wtr tndr 1c	US Navy	Killed in Action	Raymond Stickney	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
John S. Gillespie	?	US Navy	?	Wiliam J. Strong	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action
Francis H. Gillooly	Private F. C.	US Marines	Killed in Action	John D. Sullivan	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action
Fred B. Ginsberg	Private F.C.	US Army	Died - Non Battle	John E. Sullivan	Sergeant	US Army	Died of Wounds
Alfred Joseph Girourd	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Dennis J. Sullivan	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action
Norman Donald Glick	Radarman 3c	US Navy	Killed in Action	Lawrence Suszynski	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action
David Glickstein	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle	George Takessian	Corporal	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Lester Glover, Jr.	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Leonard Tannen	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Walter Glowacki	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action	William J. Tataroun	Staff Sergeant	?	?
Roy Howard Goodwin	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action	Hyman Taylor	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Charles J. Green	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Justin A. Taylor	Leutenant	US Army	Killed in Action
Vincent B. Gregoire	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	Samuel H. Taylor	Seaman 1c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Stephen J. Hagan	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Jerry I. Thibeault	TM 3/c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Joseph J. Hamilton	Private F.C.	?	?	Andrew Tomasello	Private F. C.	US Army	Killed in Action
Edward Hannabury	Leutenant	US Army	Killed in Action	Daniel Donato Turco	Seaman 2c	US Navy	Killed in Action
lrving S. Hyffer	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle	David Hyman Udell	Merchant Marines		Killed in Action
Floyd 0. Illingworth	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action	Ralph Ungaro	Leutenant	?	?
William R. Irons	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	Michael Varricchio	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Marcel P. Jandrys	?	?	?	Thomas Voltero	Staff Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action
Clement L. Jaynes	?	?	?	Raymond O. Waggoner	BM 1/c	US Navy	Killed in Action
James Joyce	Seaman 1c	US Navy	Killed in Action	Sumner Walker	Staff Sergeant	A. Air Force	Killed in Action
William J. Joyce	Sergeant	US Army	Died of Wounds	Manuel J. Weiner	Private F.C.	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Paul Kachuck	C C M	US Navy	Killed in Action	Herbert G. Winfrey	Ensign	Coast Guard	Killed in Action
Peter Kalitkewicz	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	Jan Wolinski	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
John D. Kane	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action	Howard Woodell	Leutenant	?	?
Jacob H.Katz	Private	US Army	Killed in Action	George Yanover	Private	US Army	Died of Wounds
Euphret Kazanjian	Signalman 3c	US Navy	Killed in Action	Walter F. Young	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Frank Kectic	Private F.C.	US Army	Died - Non Battle	Ignatius Zawachi	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Arthur W. Keenan	Private	US Army	Died of Wounds	Israel P. Zide	Private	US Army	Died - Non Battle
Harry A. Kepnes	Leutenant	US Navy	Killed in Action	Aldo Zinetti	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action
Robert Kilduff	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Allen I. Klarfaen	Leutenant	US Army	Died - Non Battle	* Charles J. Ostler, one of eight brothers serving in the war, killed during combat in the Lago Trasimeno area of Italy May 11-12, 1944.
Henry S. Kosolowski	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Charles Kostopoulos	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Joseph W. Kowalczyk	Private	US Army	Killed in Action
Chester S. Krolikowski	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action
Anthony LaRiccia	Seaman 1c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Ralph LeGrow	Corporal	US Army	Finding of Death
Thomas J. Lawless	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action
George R. Lehan	Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action
Bleecker Lettin	Radioman 3c	US Navy	Killed in Action
Louis J. Levine	Private F.C.	US Army	Killed in Action
Frank C. Logan	Staff Sergeant	US Army	Killed in Action
George B. Loitman	Cadet	?	?
Jacob Luster	Staff Sergeant	A. Air Force	Killed in Action
Lawrence P. Lyons, Jr.	Private	US Army	Killed in Action

US MERCHANT MARINE DEATHS FROM CHELSEA

NAME	AGE	SHIP	DATE of DEATH	RANK
Adamovicz, Stanley	24	Lyman Abbott	December 2, 1943	Bosun
Casey, Dovela Anthony	Unk.	Pan New York	October 29, 1942	Utility man
Doris, Samuel	Unk.	SS Edward B. Dudley*	April 10, 1943	O.S.
Di Lorenzo, Frank Salvatore	Unk.	Sumner I. Kimball	January 16, 1944	Able Bodied Seaman
Di Silvestro, John	Unk.	SS Robin Goodfellow*	July 25, 1944	3rd Engineer
French, Ernest Augustus	Unk.	Lemuel Burrows	March 14, 1942	Oiler
Girourd, Alfred Joseph	Unk.	Topa Topa	August 29, 1942	Wiper
Goodwin, Roy Howard	Unk.	SS John Winthrop*	September 24, 1942	Wiper
Rowe, Russell	Unk.	Joseph Malantic	March 9, 1943	Able Bodied Seaman
Udell, David Hyman	Unk.	SS Azalea City*	February 21, 1942	Wiper

* One of 33 United States Flag Merchant Ships That Vanished
(Confirmation of attacks came after World War II from German records)

SHIP	LOCATION	CAUSE	RESULT	DATE	TYPE	DEATHS
Lyman Abbott	Black Sea	Bombed	Damaged	12/02/43	Liberty	Crew 2; AG 1; Army 1
Pan New York	NE. Atlantic	Torpedo	Sunk	10/29/42	Tanker	Crew 26; AG 17
Edward B. Dudley	N. Atlantic	Torpedo	Sunk	04/11/43	Liberty	Crew 42; AG 25
Sumner I. Kimball	N. Atlantic	Torpedo	Sunk	01/16/44	Freighter	Crew 40; AG 30
Robin Goodfellow	S. Atlantic	Torpedo	Sunk	07/25/44	Freighter	Crew 41; AG 28
Lemuel Burrows	US Eastcoast	Torpedo	Sunk	03/14/42	Collier	Crew 20
Topa Topa	Caribbean	Torpedo	Sunk	08/29/42	Freighter	Crew 18; AG 7
John Winthrop	N. Atlantic	Torpedo	Sunk	09/24/42	Liberty	Crew 39; AG 13
Joseph Malantic	NE. Atlantic	Torpedo	Sunk	03/09/43	Freighter	Crew 19; AG 5; Passenger 1
Azalea City	N. Atlantic	Torpedo	Sunk	02/20/42	Freighter	Crew 38

Note: AG is U.S. Naval Armed Guard

United States Flag Merchant Ships Final Battle Histories

The Lyman Abbott was one of the Liberty ships badly damaged when the Black Sea harbor of Bari was attacked on December 2, 1943 by 105 German Ju88 aircraft. For twenty minutes the British controlled port was pounded with high explosives; 17 ships were destroyed, 8 others were badly damaged; 38,000 tons of cargo were sunk, over 1000 Allied military personnel and seamen, together with Italian civilians, died. Flames reached over a hundred feet as ammunition ships blew up and aviation fuel ignited. The harbour was congested with Allied shipping. Defence of the port against aerial attack was largely up to the ships themselves. This attack is known as the Bari Disaster.

The Pan New York tanker in station #43 of convoy HX-212, at 07.57 hours on 29 Oct, 1942, was torpedoed by German U-624 about 550 miles west of Malin Head. One torpedo struck on the port side in the #3 tank and sprayed flaming gasoline all over the after part. The port bow wind blew the flames over nearly the entire length and ventilators aft sucked the fire down to the engine room and quarters of the crew. The flames destroyed nearly all lifeboats and rafts and burning gasoline swam on the water on the leeward side of the vessel. (the ship was armed with one 5in, one 3in, six 20mm and two .30cal guns) The survivors among the eight officers, 31 crewmen and 18 armed guards remained aft in the messroom. They waited more than nine hours and jumped at the first daylight into the water when a corvette was about 500 feet off the starboard side. 13 men were picked up by HMCS Rosthern (K 169) (T/Lt R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR), but one of these later died and two others were rescued by HMCS Summerside (K 141) (T/Lt F.O. Gerity, RCNR). Only one officer, twelve crewmen and one armed guard survived. The wreck of the tanker was sunk by the two corvettes with gunfire and depth charges about 11 hours after the attack.

The Edward B. Dudley (Master Gibson Douglas Hillary) left New York in convoy HX-232 on 4 Apr, 1943. Later the ship straggled from the convoy perhaps due to bent propeller blades and was never heard from again. None of the eight officers, 34 men and 27 armed guards on board were ever found. (the ship was armed with one 4in and nine 20mm guns) The following is from captured German records: At 14.30 hours on 10 April, U-615 commanded by Kapitänleutnant Ralph Kapitzky, fired a spread of four torpedoes on a single ship, but only one torpedo hit and it failed to explode. She followed the vessel, which was now steaming a zigzag course and the next day at 04.46 hours fired two torpedoes which hit amidships and stopped the vessel. 20 minutes later another torpedo was fired from 1000 meters that struck at the stern and ignited the after magazine, but the ship still remained afloat. At 05.16 hours a final torpedo was fired from 800 meters that struck under the bridge. The cargo of munitions was ignited and the ship disintegrated. Debris slightly damaged the conning tower of the U-boat and wounded Kapitzky, forcing U-615 to abort her patrol and return to port. The launching of many lifeboats was observed before the ship exploded. The ship is assumed to have been the Edward B. Dudley.

Sumner I. Kimball At 19.20 hours on 16 Jan, 1944, the Sumner I. Kimball (Master Harry Atkins), a straggler from convoy ON-219 due to bad weather the morning of 16 January, was spotted by U-960 about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait in 52°15N/33°45W steering a zigzag course at about 10 knots. The U-boat began chasing the ship in heavy seas and thunder storms and fired at 21.35 hours a stern torpedo which hit after 38 seconds. The Kimball proceeded at about 7 knots and unsuccessfully tried to ram the U-boat in low visibility shortly after two torpedoes fired in a second attack at 22.02 hours had missed. At 22.39 hours, two more torpedoes were fired of which one hit after 52 seconds and stopped the vessel. The U-boat then dived to reload the torpedo tubes and fired two more topedos at 01.36 hours and 02.03 hours, which both hit amidships without visible effects, but three minutes after the U-boat surfaced at 03.15 hours the ship broke in two just aft of the midship house and forward of #4 hatch. During the night, U-960 searched in vain for survivors and on daylight the wreck of Sumner I. Kimball because the BdU assumed that the target could have been the German blockade runner Rio Grande (which had been scuttled by the crew after being stopped by USS Omaha (CL 4) and USS Jouett (DD 396) on 4 January). On 17 January, the forward section was located at 16.00 hours, photographed and sunk by torpedo at 18.43 hours. No survivors were ever found, eight officers, 32 crewmen and 29 armed guards were lost. (the ship was armed with two 3in and eight 20mm guns)

Robin Goodfellow At 02.12 hours on 25 Jul, 1944, the unescorted Robin Goodfellow (Master Bjarne Bjornsgaard) was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the South Atlantic. The British motor merchant Priam received a distress signal, but none of the eight officers, 33 crewmen and 27 armed guards survived. (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in and five 20mm guns)

Lemuel Burrows At 07.58 hours on 14 Mar, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed Lemuel Burrows (Master Grover Dale Clark) was torpedoed by U-404 about five miles south-southwest of the Brigantine Gas Buoy off Atlantic City after spotting the silhouette of the collier against the bright lights of the city. The U-boat had earlier missed with two torpedoes before hitting with the third on the starboard side between the #2 and #3 holds, followed by a another torpedo at 08.15 hours on the port side amidships. Most of the eight officers and 26 crewmen abandoned ship in two lifeboats, just before the ship was hit at 08.28 hours by a torpedo on the starboard quarter, causing the ship to lift and then sink, swamping the nearby lifeboats. All survivors were thrown into the icy water. Only eight men managed to cling to the overturned boat, but two eventually slipped into the water and drowned, while other survivors swam to two rafts, which had floated free. The U-boat surfaced and questioned the survivors before leaving the area. After drifting for six hours, eight survivors were picked up by the American steam merchant Sewalls Point and seven others by a boat from the American steam merchant James Elwood Jones. Four officers and 16 crewmen were lost. All survivors were landed at New York, where one survivor died in the Marine Hospital at Staten Island.

Topa Topa At 02.37 hours on 29 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Topa Topa (Master Clarence Edward McCoy) was hit on the starboard side by two torpedoes from U-66 about 350 miles north of Cayenne, French Guiana. The vessel had been spotted at 17.23 hours the day before and her zigzag course at 12 knots prevented a first attack, but due to a rain squall they stopped zigzagging. The first torpedo struck at the #2 hatch and blew off the side of the bridge, while the second hit the #5 hatch. The cargo of gasoline drums caught fire, forcing the eight officers, 34 crewmen, 15 armed guards and three Canadian passengers to abandon ship in three lifeboats. The burning ship sank at 04.02 hours. The master, two officers, 15 crewmen and seven armed guards were lost. The chief officer was taken aboard by the U-boat, questioned and then returned to the lifeboat. The survivors were picked up the next day by the British steam merchant Clan Macinnes and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad on 9 September. (the ship was armed with one 5in, one 3in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns)

John Winthrop On 24 Sep, 1942, the John Winthrop (Master Charles Malcolm Robertson) was torpedoed five times by U-619 and broke in two. The U- boat surfaced and sank both parts with gunfire until 19.10 hours. The ship had been in convoy ON-131, but straggled from the convoy on the night of 21 September and was never seen again, all seven officers, 32 crewmen and 13 armed guards were lost. (the ship was armed with one 5in, four 20mm and two .30cal guns)

Malantic At 22.26 hours on 9 Mar, 1943, the Malantic (Master Peter Hansen Lang) in station #102 of convoy SC-121 was torpedoed by U-409. One torpedo struck on the starboard side at the #1 hatch. A violent detonation occurred 15 seconds later, blowing out the wheelhouse windows. The engines were secured and the eight officers, 25 crewmen, 13 armed guards and one passenger abandoned ship in rough seas immediately in the two port lifeboats because the starboard boats were destroyed. The vessel gradually settled by the head and sank during the night. At 02.30 hours, the British rescue ship Melrose Abbey picked up one man in the water and found the lifeboat of the master with eleven survivors, but one man fell overboard and drowned. He had been keeping the lifeboat secured to the rescue ship. When it was his turn to board, he was so exhausted he lost his balance and fell overboard. One of the ship´s officers went after him and almost lost his own life doing so. When the other lifeboat was found it capsized when it came alongside, drowning several men. In all, three officers, 16 crewmen, five armed guards and the passenger were lost. The survivors were landed at Gourock the next day. (the ship was armed with one 4in, four 20mm and two .30cal guns)

Azalea City On 12 Feb, 1942, the unarmed Azalea City (Master George Robert Self) left Port of Spain, Trinidad for Philadelphia unescorted and was reported missing after 16 February 1942. The following is from captured German records: On 21 February, U-432 spotted a steamer of 5000 grt in heavy seas about 125 miles east-southeast of Ocean City, Maryland. A first torpedo missed and the U-boat then crossed behind the steamer to the port side. At 01.23 hours a second torpedo was fired at 800 meters, which hit the freighter amidships. At 02.42 hours a third torpedo struck forward of the bridge. It is assumed that this ship was the Azalea City and that the nature of the cargo caused the ship to capsize after the torpedo hits. None of the eight officers and 30 men on board survived.