Date04-Dec-1943
TypeSea Disaster
CountryUSA
LocationOff Charleston
ActivityThe Cuban freighter Libertad was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-129
InjuryOf the 18 crew who survived the sinking, 10 were taken by sharks. Cabarrocas was bitten but survived
VictimJulio C. de Cabarrocas, Male
SourceTroy Record, 12/13/1943; J. Rohwer, p.175
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