File:SS Paul Hamilton destroyed 20 Apr 1944.jpg
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| Description | The ammunition-laden Liberty ship SS Paul Hamilton is completely destroyed after being struck by a German aerial torpedo launched from a Junkers Ju 88A, 20 April 1944. None of the 8 officers, 39 crew, 29 armed guards, and 504 troops aboard survived. About 21:00 hrs on 20 April the convoy UGS-38 had been heavily attacked with torpedoes from 23 German aircraft of III./KG 26, I. and III./KG 77, just north of Algiers in the Mediterranean Sea. During the engagement five ships were torpedoed, three of them being sunk. Sunk were the destroyer USS Lansdale (DD-426) and the SS Paul Hamilton. The SS Royal Star was torpedoed aft and was abandoned by her crew. The SS Samite and the SS Stephen F. Austin were both torpedoed in the bow, but managed to reach Algiers. |
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| Source | US Coast Guard photo [1] at USCG website [2] |
| Author | photo by PhoM 1/c Arthur Green, USCGR, aboard the USS Menges (DE-320) |
![[1]](http://www.uscg.mil/history/gifs/SSPaul_Hamilton_300.jpg){kind=link}
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