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A missing tanker may have been sunk by the U-66 on this day in 1942. The Olympic sailed from Curacao for Baltimore but never made it. The U-66 reported sinking an unidentified steamer off the coast of North Carolina on Jan. 22 which is thought to have been the Olympic. No trace was found of her or her thirty-five man crew. The freighter Norvana and her twenty-nine man crew was also lost on Jan. 22, 1942, sunk by the U-123. This time there was evidence of a violent end when a damaged lifeboat was found from the sunken ship. The loss of these two ships, like almost all ships of the time, was not acknowledged by the Navy until Mar. 6 when a list was issued stating the two ships were overdue and presumed lost. |
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Roll of Honor |
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In memory of those who lost their lives on the SS Norvana |
Name |
Rate |
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Bridges, Francis W. |
Wiper |
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Clarke, Leonard A. |
Chief Engineer |
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Coltrain, Dennis R. |
Third Engineer |
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Daughtry, William D. |
Oiler |
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Davis, Jesse J. |
Oiler |
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De La Cruz, Pablo |
Messman |
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Divers, Lawrence W. |
Bosun |
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Edwards, David |
Cook |
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Edwards, Lawrence |
Able Bodied Seaman |
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Gibbs Jr., Joe |
Ordinary Seaman |
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Henry, Edward |
Cook |
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Irons, William C. |
Third Mate |
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Johnson, Henry C. |
Second Mate |
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Kelly, John H. |
Second Engineer |
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Kendrick, Clarence J. |
F/W |
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Lagoyianis, Peter P. |
Able Bodied Seaman |
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Lassus, N. A. |
Oiler |
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Lewis, Thomas D. |
F/W |
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Mackie, Alexander C. |
Chief Mate |
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Maloney, William J. |
Ordinary Seaman |
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Nixon, Josephus N. |
Steward |
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Paige, Clifton |
Messman |
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Papatolos, Nicholas |
F/W |
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Storra, Sofus E. |
Able Bodied Seaman |
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Thompson, Ernest J. |
Master |
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Waugh, John |
Able Bodied Seaman |
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Wechsler, Meyer E. |
Radio Officer |
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Wright, M. E. |
Messman |
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Wynn, Cecil I. |
First Engineer |
2005 Daily Event |
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