Date08-Mar-1942
TypeSea Disaster
CountryCUBA
Location30 nm southeast of Guantanamo Bay
ActivityEsso Bolivar was torpedoed & shelled by the German submarine U-126
InjuryOf her crew of 50, eight perished, including the two injured men
VictimA wounded member of Naval guncrew being towed by Charles Anderson toward a lifeboat & injured crew being towed by watertender Arthur Lauman, Male
TimeShip aban-doned at 03h10
SourceBaltimore Evening Sun, 4/13/1942
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