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Built: 1942
Tonnage: 7,177 / 10,000 tons
Cargo: 9,038 tons of corn.
Route: Rosario - Buenos Aires - Rio de Janeiro - Trinidad - Baltimore, Maryland
Sunk 24 JUL 44 by U-861 on pos. 26º 42"S 46º 12"W.
0 Dead
67 Survivors
At 03.24 hours on 24 Jul, 1944, the unescorted William Gaston (Master Harry W. Chase) was hit on the starboard side by a torpedo from U-861 about
The eight officers, 33 crewmen and 26 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in, one 3in and eight .30cal guns) abandoned ship in four lifeboats and one raft, but one boat broke up on launching. Wreckage and the boats were spotted the same day by a patrol aircraft, which directed USS Matagorda (AVP 22) to the position. The survivors were picked up on 25 July and taken to
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