USNR WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class John W. Smuksta. MIA/KIA
Hometown: Illinois
Official Date of death: 10-Jun-43
Service # 6105359
Awards: Purple Heart
Master Wilbur Flowers
Mission: Steam Merchant Merrimack
Ship: Merrimack
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42
Cargo: Military supplies
Location: 19.47N, 85.55W - Grid DL 9567
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 53 (43 dead and 10 survivors).
At 05.01 hours on 10 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Merrimack was torpedoed by U-107 about 60 miles off Cozumel Island, south of the Yucatan Channel. The torpedo struck on the starboard side just forward of the bridge and the ship immediately developed a 20° list to starboard. The engines could not be secured and were running at full speed until the ship sank 38 minutes after the hit. All officers, except the master, and 30 other survivors abandoned ship in one lifeboat because the other was destroyed in the explosion. The boat was sucked into the still turning screw, apparently no one in the boat survived. Some men, including the master abandoned ship by jumping overboard and swimming to rafts.
The master, seven crewmen and one armed guard were picked up from two rafts by USS Borie (DD 215) on 15 June in 20°48N/85°30W, after being spotted by a PBY Catalina flying boat. They were taken to Cristobal, arriving on 19 June. An able seaman was picked up from a raft on 15 June by the steam merchant Argentina and landed at New York on 20 June.
USN Personnel associated with Merrimack
Hunter Marshall III
Hunter Marshall III
Charles Seivertson
Delbert R. Shipp
Donald F. Shunk
Donald F. Shunk
Valentine B. Sienicki
Quirino C. Simbulan Jr
Howard D. Skaling
John W. Smuksta
Merchant Marine
Cyril C. Altemir
Adrian T. Bernard
Roland Bland
Abner B. Byrd
Wallace D. Connover
Macario Corpus
John Dalland
Gilbert J. DaRosa
Daniel S. Dorsey
Joseph S. Ferrarer
Wilbur Flowers
Charles D. Freeman
Albert A. Grundmeyer
Edwin J. Hanscome
John W. Haynes
Lester T. Hofstad
Lester F. Lee
Joseph A. loime
John T. Lynch
Jack L. Martin
Samuel J. Martin
Francis J. McCabe
George Newchurch
Martin F. Nolan
Nathaniel J. Pauline
William N. Peterson
Vitto R. Pizzani
William J. Rhead
William J. Roseberry
John H. Starkey
Stanislau Szablinski
John L. Tapper
Henry Taylor
Lee J. Thibodeaux
Seaman 2nd Class John W. Smuksta. MIA/KIA
Hometown: Illinois
Official Date of death: 10-Jun-43
Service # 6105359
Awards: Purple Heart
Master Wilbur Flowers
Mission: Steam Merchant Merrimack
Ship: Merrimack
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42
Cargo: Military supplies
Location: 19.47N, 85.55W - Grid DL 9567
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 53 (43 dead and 10 survivors).
At 05.01 hours on 10 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Merrimack was torpedoed by U-107 about 60 miles off Cozumel Island, south of the Yucatan Channel. The torpedo struck on the starboard side just forward of the bridge and the ship immediately developed a 20° list to starboard. The engines could not be secured and were running at full speed until the ship sank 38 minutes after the hit. All officers, except the master, and 30 other survivors abandoned ship in one lifeboat because the other was destroyed in the explosion. The boat was sucked into the still turning screw, apparently no one in the boat survived. Some men, including the master abandoned ship by jumping overboard and swimming to rafts.
The master, seven crewmen and one armed guard were picked up from two rafts by USS Borie (DD 215) on 15 June in 20°48N/85°30W, after being spotted by a PBY Catalina flying boat. They were taken to Cristobal, arriving on 19 June. An able seaman was picked up from a raft on 15 June by the steam merchant Argentina and landed at New York on 20 June.
USN Personnel associated with Merrimack
Hunter Marshall III
Hunter Marshall III
Charles Seivertson
Delbert R. Shipp
Donald F. Shunk
Donald F. Shunk
Valentine B. Sienicki
Quirino C. Simbulan Jr
Howard D. Skaling
John W. Smuksta
Merchant Marine
Cyril C. Altemir
Adrian T. Bernard
Roland Bland
Abner B. Byrd
Wallace D. Connover
Macario Corpus
John Dalland
Gilbert J. DaRosa
Daniel S. Dorsey
Joseph S. Ferrarer
Wilbur Flowers
Charles D. Freeman
Albert A. Grundmeyer
Edwin J. Hanscome
John W. Haynes
Lester T. Hofstad
Lester F. Lee
Joseph A. loime
John T. Lynch
Jack L. Martin
Samuel J. Martin
Francis J. McCabe
George Newchurch
Martin F. Nolan
Nathaniel J. Pauline
William N. Peterson
Vitto R. Pizzani
William J. Rhead
William J. Roseberry
John H. Starkey
Stanislau Szablinski
John L. Tapper
Henry Taylor
Lee J. Thibodeaux
USNR WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class John W. Smuksta. MIA/KIA
Hometown: Illinois
Official Date of death: 10-Jun-43
Service # 6105359
Awards: Purple Heart
Master Wilbur Flowers
Mission: Steam Merchant Merrimack
Ship: Merrimack
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42
Cargo: Military supplies
Location: 19.47N, 85.55W - Grid DL 9567
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 53 (43 dead and 10 survivors).
At 05.01 hours on 10 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Merrimack was torpedoed by U-107 about 60 miles off Cozumel Island, south of the Yucatan Channel. The torpedo struck on the starboard side just forward of the bridge and the ship immediately developed a 20° list to starboard. The engines could not be secured and were running at full speed until the ship sank 38 minutes after the hit. All officers, except the master, and 30 other survivors abandoned ship in one lifeboat because the other was destroyed in the explosion. The boat was sucked into the still turning screw, apparently no one in the boat survived. Some men, including the master abandoned ship by jumping overboard and swimming to rafts.
The master, seven crewmen and one armed guard were picked up from two rafts by USS Borie (DD 215) on 15 June in 20°48N/85°30W, after being spotted by a PBY Catalina flying boat. They were taken to Cristobal, arriving on 19 June. An able seaman was picked up from a raft on 15 June by the steam merchant Argentina and landed at New York on 20 June.
USN Personnel associated with Merrimack
Hunter Marshall III
Hunter Marshall III
Charles Seivertson
Delbert R. Shipp
Donald F. Shunk
Donald F. Shunk
Valentine B. Sienicki
Quirino C. Simbulan Jr
Howard D. Skaling
John W. Smuksta
Merchant Marine
Cyril C. Altemir
Adrian T. Bernard
Roland Bland
Abner B. Byrd
Wallace D. Connover
Macario Corpus
John Dalland
Gilbert J. DaRosa
Daniel S. Dorsey
Joseph S. Ferrarer
Wilbur Flowers
Charles D. Freeman
Albert A. Grundmeyer
Edwin J. Hanscome
John W. Haynes
Lester T. Hofstad
Lester F. Lee
Joseph A. loime
John T. Lynch
Jack L. Martin
Samuel J. Martin
Francis J. McCabe
George Newchurch
Martin F. Nolan
Nathaniel J. Pauline
William N. Peterson
Vitto R. Pizzani
William J. Rhead
William J. Roseberry
John H. Starkey
Stanislau Szablinski
John L. Tapper
Henry Taylor
Lee J. Thibodeaux
Seaman 2nd Class John W. Smuksta. MIA/KIA
Hometown: Illinois
Official Date of death: 10-Jun-43
Service # 6105359
Awards: Purple Heart
Master Wilbur Flowers
Mission: Steam Merchant Merrimack
Ship: Merrimack
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42
Cargo: Military supplies
Location: 19.47N, 85.55W - Grid DL 9567
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 53 (43 dead and 10 survivors).
At 05.01 hours on 10 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Merrimack was torpedoed by U-107 about 60 miles off Cozumel Island, south of the Yucatan Channel. The torpedo struck on the starboard side just forward of the bridge and the ship immediately developed a 20° list to starboard. The engines could not be secured and were running at full speed until the ship sank 38 minutes after the hit. All officers, except the master, and 30 other survivors abandoned ship in one lifeboat because the other was destroyed in the explosion. The boat was sucked into the still turning screw, apparently no one in the boat survived. Some men, including the master abandoned ship by jumping overboard and swimming to rafts.
The master, seven crewmen and one armed guard were picked up from two rafts by USS Borie (DD 215) on 15 June in 20°48N/85°30W, after being spotted by a PBY Catalina flying boat. They were taken to Cristobal, arriving on 19 June. An able seaman was picked up from a raft on 15 June by the steam merchant Argentina and landed at New York on 20 June.
USN Personnel associated with Merrimack
Hunter Marshall III
Hunter Marshall III
Charles Seivertson
Delbert R. Shipp
Donald F. Shunk
Donald F. Shunk
Valentine B. Sienicki
Quirino C. Simbulan Jr
Howard D. Skaling
John W. Smuksta
Merchant Marine
Cyril C. Altemir
Adrian T. Bernard
Roland Bland
Abner B. Byrd
Wallace D. Connover
Macario Corpus
John Dalland
Gilbert J. DaRosa
Daniel S. Dorsey
Joseph S. Ferrarer
Wilbur Flowers
Charles D. Freeman
Albert A. Grundmeyer
Edwin J. Hanscome
John W. Haynes
Lester T. Hofstad
Lester F. Lee
Joseph A. loime
John T. Lynch
Jack L. Martin
Samuel J. Martin
Francis J. McCabe
George Newchurch
Martin F. Nolan
Nathaniel J. Pauline
William N. Peterson
Vitto R. Pizzani
William J. Rhead
William J. Roseberry
John H. Starkey
Stanislau Szablinski
John L. Tapper
Henry Taylor
Lee J. Thibodeaux
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