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词条 SS Alexander Macomb
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  1. Service history

  2. References

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SS Alexander Macomb was a Liberty ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. Construction began on Hull 2023 on 18 February 1942 at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland, under Maritime Commission contract 0036. See, M-R.[2] The ship was launched on 6 May, and her sea trials were completed on 2 June. She was named for Alexander Macomb, an American General known chiefly for his leadership at the Battle of Plattsburgh in the War of 1812.[3]

Service history

Her first Captain was Carl Froisland, a sailor with long experience of the Atlantic. She steamed to New York and there loaded her cargo of Sherman tanks, P-38 aircraft and explosives for the Soviet Union, and then joined convoy BX 27 to Halifax.[4] On this maiden voyage across the Atlantic, she had 41 crew and 25 U.S. Navy gunners on board.[3]

Two hundred miles east of Orleans Massachusetts, she was torpedoed and sunk by the {{GS|U-215}}. Ten of the crew were lost. {{HMS|Le Tigre}} and {{HMS|Veteran|D72|6}} pursued U-215 and succeeded in sinking it with depth charges. {{HMCS|Regina|K234}}, a Canadian corvette that was not part of the convoy, assisted in the rescue of the crew of Alexander Macomb and picked up twenty-five survivors, while others in the convoy rescued the remainder.[5]

The wreck of the Alexander Macomb was rediscovered in October 1964 by the Risdon Beazley company salvage ship Droxford at position {{coord|41|48|N|66|35|W|display=inline,title}}. The bulk of the metal cargo was removed in 1965 by the same ship. It is considered to be "dangerous to dive."[6]

The wreck of U-215 was discovered by Canadian divers and marine archaeologists in July 2004.[7]

References

1. ^1 Davies, 2004, page 23.
2. ^Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission.
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/bethfairfield.htm |title=Bethlehem Fairfield |publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |accessdate=2009-12-14 }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/bx/index.html |title=BX Convoy Series |last=Hague |first=Arnold |website=Arnold Hage Convoy Database |publisher= |accessdate=23 June 2013}}
5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1883.html |title=Alexander Macomb (Steam merchant) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net |publisher=www.uboat.net |accessdate=2009-12-14 }}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15261 |title=SS Alexander Macomb wreck, 1942 |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate=2009-12-14 }}
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2004/07/13/Uboat_040713.html |title=CBC News - Canada - First-ever U-boat found off Canadian coast |publisher=cbc.ca |accessdate=2009-12-14 | date=13 July 2004}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf |title=Liberty Cargo Ship |accessdate=2008-03-25 |first=James |last=Davies |year=2004 |work= |page=23|publisher=ww2ships.com}}
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