SS Coamo (L): a Virtual Cemetery - Find a Grave

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A Virtual Cemetery created by Patricia O'Neal

SS Coamo (L)

On Dec 1, 1942, Convoy MKF-3 was enroute from Gibraltar to New York. As they approached the coast of Ireland, Coamo and another ship, Mariposa, were ordered to leave convoy and continue to New York via a different route. On the 2nd, German submarine U-604 sighted Coamo and followed her for 10 hours before firing a single torpedo from a distance of about 800 meters. Coamo was hit under the bridge and began to sink immediately. U-604 log entry describes Coamo in detail, and indicates that there were at least 3 life raft crews. They did not survive; in fact, none of the 186 people aboard Coamo (which included 16 British Army passengers) survived, making this the largest single loss of life of any American merchant ship during World War II.

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Cerilo Acuning Flowers have been left.

1905 – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Pedro Alfonzo Flowers have been left.

unknown – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Luiz Gomes Amaral Flowers have been left.

22 May 1886 – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Philip Anoos Flowers have been left.

unknown – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Rosario Arculeo Flowers have been left.

unknown – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

S1c William Arlo Arens Veteran Flowers have been left.

1924 – 2 Dec 1942

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Tablets of the Missing

Francisco Arnau Flowers have been left.

unknown – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Roberto Arnau Flowers have been left.

Jun 1908 – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Augusto Arostegui Flowers have been left.

unknown – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Clifton Wesley Aut Flowers have been left.

unknown – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

S2c John Richard “Jack” Barry Jr. Veteran Flowers have been left.

9 Jul 1920 – 2 Dec 1942

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Tablets of the Missing.

S2c Harry Wilford Benner Veteran Flowers have been left.

8 Dec 1916 – 2 Dec 1942

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Tablets of the Missing

Salvatore Bensussan Flowers have been left.

18 Mar 1878 – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

Lieut Lawrance George Billing Veteran Flowers have been left.

23 May 1898 – 2 Dec 1942

Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England

Plot info: Brookwood (1939-1945) Memorial, Panel 20, Column 1.

Fred Joseph Birzer Veteran Flowers have been left.

Dec 1921 – 2 Dec 1942

Wright, Ford County, Kansas, USA

S2c Sidney Alcide Bleau Veteran Flowers have been left.

13 Jul 1920 – 2 Dec 1942

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Tablets of the Missing

S2c Mike Bokulich Veteran Flowers have been left.

24 May 1921 – 2 Dec 1942

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Tablets of the Missing

Marvin Albert Bond Flowers have been left.

unknown – 2 Dec 1942

Buried or Lost at Sea

S2c John Alexander Bratton Veteran Flowers have been left.

9 Feb 1924 – 2 Dec 1942

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Tablets of the Missing

S2c Leo Frank Brewer Veteran Flowers have been left.

1926 – 2 Dec 1942

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Tablets of the Missing. (Body lost at sea)

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