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Axtell J. Biles

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Geschichte

This tanker was built in 1921 by Bethlehem Ship Building Corp. in Quincy, MA.

Historische Notizen

On July 16, 1942 this vessel, while en route Table Bay to Trinidad, was torpedoed and sunk when this vessel was attacked by a German Raider and two torpedo boats 500 miles east of Pointe Noire West Africa. Ninetween members of her crew were taken prisoner, the master and five crew members made it to Freetown Sierra Leone, and the rest were killed.

Eigentümer & Kapitäne

In 1921-1927 she was owned by the Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Line.

In 1927-1942 she was owned by the Tide Water Associated Oil Co., San Francisco CA USA.

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