US Navy WORLD WAR II
Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, John F. Enright MIA/KIA
Official Date of Death 02-Jan -1944
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Service # 6502113
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: (Master John V. Smith)
Ship: American steam merchant Arthur Middleton
Mission: Transport Convoy UGS-3
Loss Date: 1 Jan 1943
Fate: Sunk by U-73 (Horst Deckert)
Cargo; 6412 tons of general cargo, including munition and explosives and a landing craft as deck cargo
Location: 35.45N, 00.45W - Grid CH 8432
Complement: 81 (78 dead and 3 survivors)
Notes on event
On 1 Jan, 1943, eleven ships from UGS-3, including the Arthur Middleton from station #21, broke away from the convoy near Casablanca to proceed for their destination port Oran and began to form a single line to enter the harbor. At 14.28 hours, before the line was formed, the Arthur Middleton was hit by two torpedoes from U-73 at the bow. Deckert saw the target explode after 17 seconds. The torpedoes had ignited portions of the cargo and sent water, hull plates, parts of the ship and flames 1000 feet into the air. The Liberty ship disintegrated from the #5 hatch to the bow, only the after part of the ship remained afloat for less than one minute three miles off Oran. Only three armed guards survived of the eight officers, 34 men, 27 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in and nine 20mm guns) and 12 passengers (one US Army security officer and 11 crewmen from USS LCT-21). These three men jumped overboard from the stern gun platform and were picked up by HMS Boreas (H 77) (LtCdr E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) 25 minutes later and were transferred to the British hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire.
USN Aboard Arthur Middleton
James P. Bates
Warren A. Bell
Warren A. Bell
Robert C. Brown
John H. Chamberlin
Bernard G. Collins
Ralph M. Cooper
Carl C. Dean
Max L. Erickson
John F. Enright
Leo C. Foley
Fred L. Hopkins
Roy A. Irmiter
Roy A. Irmiter
Francis Jellon
Herbert Jennings
Arthur F. Johnson
Wendell D. King
Joseph F. Lonicki
John B. Mcclelland
William Mckenzie
Edward C. Mitchell
Earl E. Morgan
Howard F. Oliver
Samuel W. Otter
Fred Patton Jr.
Rayford D. Phillips
William Pierson Jr.
Alexander J. Plesz
Charles S. Spurgeon
Charles S. Spurgeon
Roy A. Stout
Joseph Tiben
Alfred A. Tuszynski
Larry D. Wood
Donald E. Wortman
Giles A. Wozniak
Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, John F. Enright MIA/KIA
Official Date of Death 02-Jan -1944
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Service # 6502113
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: (Master John V. Smith)
Ship: American steam merchant Arthur Middleton
Mission: Transport Convoy UGS-3
Loss Date: 1 Jan 1943
Fate: Sunk by U-73 (Horst Deckert)
Cargo; 6412 tons of general cargo, including munition and explosives and a landing craft as deck cargo
Location: 35.45N, 00.45W - Grid CH 8432
Complement: 81 (78 dead and 3 survivors)
Notes on event
On 1 Jan, 1943, eleven ships from UGS-3, including the Arthur Middleton from station #21, broke away from the convoy near Casablanca to proceed for their destination port Oran and began to form a single line to enter the harbor. At 14.28 hours, before the line was formed, the Arthur Middleton was hit by two torpedoes from U-73 at the bow. Deckert saw the target explode after 17 seconds. The torpedoes had ignited portions of the cargo and sent water, hull plates, parts of the ship and flames 1000 feet into the air. The Liberty ship disintegrated from the #5 hatch to the bow, only the after part of the ship remained afloat for less than one minute three miles off Oran. Only three armed guards survived of the eight officers, 34 men, 27 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in and nine 20mm guns) and 12 passengers (one US Army security officer and 11 crewmen from USS LCT-21). These three men jumped overboard from the stern gun platform and were picked up by HMS Boreas (H 77) (LtCdr E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) 25 minutes later and were transferred to the British hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire.
USN Aboard Arthur Middleton
James P. Bates
Warren A. Bell
Warren A. Bell
Robert C. Brown
John H. Chamberlin
Bernard G. Collins
Ralph M. Cooper
Carl C. Dean
Max L. Erickson
John F. Enright
Leo C. Foley
Fred L. Hopkins
Roy A. Irmiter
Roy A. Irmiter
Francis Jellon
Herbert Jennings
Arthur F. Johnson
Wendell D. King
Joseph F. Lonicki
John B. Mcclelland
William Mckenzie
Edward C. Mitchell
Earl E. Morgan
Howard F. Oliver
Samuel W. Otter
Fred Patton Jr.
Rayford D. Phillips
William Pierson Jr.
Alexander J. Plesz
Charles S. Spurgeon
Charles S. Spurgeon
Roy A. Stout
Joseph Tiben
Alfred A. Tuszynski
Larry D. Wood
Donald E. Wortman
Giles A. Wozniak
US Navy WORLD WAR II
Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, John F. Enright MIA/KIA
Official Date of Death 02-Jan -1944
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Service # 6502113
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: (Master John V. Smith)
Ship: American steam merchant Arthur Middleton
Mission: Transport Convoy UGS-3
Loss Date: 1 Jan 1943
Fate: Sunk by U-73 (Horst Deckert)
Cargo; 6412 tons of general cargo, including munition and explosives and a landing craft as deck cargo
Location: 35.45N, 00.45W - Grid CH 8432
Complement: 81 (78 dead and 3 survivors)
Notes on event
On 1 Jan, 1943, eleven ships from UGS-3, including the Arthur Middleton from station #21, broke away from the convoy near Casablanca to proceed for their destination port Oran and began to form a single line to enter the harbor. At 14.28 hours, before the line was formed, the Arthur Middleton was hit by two torpedoes from U-73 at the bow. Deckert saw the target explode after 17 seconds. The torpedoes had ignited portions of the cargo and sent water, hull plates, parts of the ship and flames 1000 feet into the air. The Liberty ship disintegrated from the #5 hatch to the bow, only the after part of the ship remained afloat for less than one minute three miles off Oran. Only three armed guards survived of the eight officers, 34 men, 27 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in and nine 20mm guns) and 12 passengers (one US Army security officer and 11 crewmen from USS LCT-21). These three men jumped overboard from the stern gun platform and were picked up by HMS Boreas (H 77) (LtCdr E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) 25 minutes later and were transferred to the British hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire.
USN Aboard Arthur Middleton
James P. Bates
Warren A. Bell
Warren A. Bell
Robert C. Brown
John H. Chamberlin
Bernard G. Collins
Ralph M. Cooper
Carl C. Dean
Max L. Erickson
John F. Enright
Leo C. Foley
Fred L. Hopkins
Roy A. Irmiter
Roy A. Irmiter
Francis Jellon
Herbert Jennings
Arthur F. Johnson
Wendell D. King
Joseph F. Lonicki
John B. Mcclelland
William Mckenzie
Edward C. Mitchell
Earl E. Morgan
Howard F. Oliver
Samuel W. Otter
Fred Patton Jr.
Rayford D. Phillips
William Pierson Jr.
Alexander J. Plesz
Charles S. Spurgeon
Charles S. Spurgeon
Roy A. Stout
Joseph Tiben
Alfred A. Tuszynski
Larry D. Wood
Donald E. Wortman
Giles A. Wozniak
Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, John F. Enright MIA/KIA
Official Date of Death 02-Jan -1944
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Service # 6502113
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: (Master John V. Smith)
Ship: American steam merchant Arthur Middleton
Mission: Transport Convoy UGS-3
Loss Date: 1 Jan 1943
Fate: Sunk by U-73 (Horst Deckert)
Cargo; 6412 tons of general cargo, including munition and explosives and a landing craft as deck cargo
Location: 35.45N, 00.45W - Grid CH 8432
Complement: 81 (78 dead and 3 survivors)
Notes on event
On 1 Jan, 1943, eleven ships from UGS-3, including the Arthur Middleton from station #21, broke away from the convoy near Casablanca to proceed for their destination port Oran and began to form a single line to enter the harbor. At 14.28 hours, before the line was formed, the Arthur Middleton was hit by two torpedoes from U-73 at the bow. Deckert saw the target explode after 17 seconds. The torpedoes had ignited portions of the cargo and sent water, hull plates, parts of the ship and flames 1000 feet into the air. The Liberty ship disintegrated from the #5 hatch to the bow, only the after part of the ship remained afloat for less than one minute three miles off Oran. Only three armed guards survived of the eight officers, 34 men, 27 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in and nine 20mm guns) and 12 passengers (one US Army security officer and 11 crewmen from USS LCT-21). These three men jumped overboard from the stern gun platform and were picked up by HMS Boreas (H 77) (LtCdr E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) 25 minutes later and were transferred to the British hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire.
USN Aboard Arthur Middleton
James P. Bates
Warren A. Bell
Warren A. Bell
Robert C. Brown
John H. Chamberlin
Bernard G. Collins
Ralph M. Cooper
Carl C. Dean
Max L. Erickson
John F. Enright
Leo C. Foley
Fred L. Hopkins
Roy A. Irmiter
Roy A. Irmiter
Francis Jellon
Herbert Jennings
Arthur F. Johnson
Wendell D. King
Joseph F. Lonicki
John B. Mcclelland
William Mckenzie
Edward C. Mitchell
Earl E. Morgan
Howard F. Oliver
Samuel W. Otter
Fred Patton Jr.
Rayford D. Phillips
William Pierson Jr.
Alexander J. Plesz
Charles S. Spurgeon
Charles S. Spurgeon
Roy A. Stout
Joseph Tiben
Alfred A. Tuszynski
Larry D. Wood
Donald E. Wortman
Giles A. Wozniak
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
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