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Caddo
11/23/1942
U-Boat Attack in North Atlantic

The Tanker SS Caddo was torpedoed by U-518 in the North Atlantic while en route to Iceland. Cado sank in about 90 minutes, after which the U-Boat surfaced and took the Captain and Chief Officer prisoner. ... Although no one was killed in the explosion, two of the three lifeboats were lost at sea. the number one lifeboat capsized on December 7. Eight men perished that day and three more the day after. Six remaining survivors were rescued. The Captian died while a prisoner of war.

Lost At Sea Log:

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Name   
Branch
Messman August Julius Anderson
USMM
Pumpman Marcel Atonso
USMM
O.S. Alvin Wayne Barnett
USMM
3rd Engineer Adam Bogdonovic
USMM
A.B. Ernest Mitchel Boshinsky
USMM
F/W Worth Bagley Buckner
USMM
Utility David Aubrey Caylor
USMM
Wiper Franklin Bruce Charlock
USMM
A.B. Edward Hughes Chiles
USMM
Sea 2c Calvin Clensay
USN
Sea 1c Lawrence Collins
USN
Sea 2c Joseph P. Coscia
USN
Galleyman Guadaloupe Cerda Cuellar
USMM
Sea 2c Leonard A. Currier
USN
Machinist Arthur Aloysius Davis
USMM
O.S. Hugh Gordon Delk
USMM
3rd Mate Charles Henry Doell
USMM
F/W Lemuel Anthony Dupont
USMM
O.S. John Adolph Filfalt
USMM
Messman Norman Gale
USMM