unescorted ships

iambecomelife · 02-15-09, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RoaldLarsen

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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

But the Liberty ships always travelled in convoys, I think

I'm fairly certain I have read multiple accounts of unescorted Liberty Ships having encounters with u-boats.

Right; I read that the "John Barry" was sailing alone when she was torpedoed in 1944. She was carrying literally tons of silver - much of which is still waiting to be salvaged:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_John_Barry