Above Transport vessel Roger B. Taney, number 11 of Liberty type at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore in Baltimore after launching.
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Built: 1942
Tonnage: 4,389 / 7,191 tons
Cargo: Ballast
Route: Suez - Saldanha Bay - Bahia - Paramaribo - USA
Sunk 08 FEB 43 by U-160 on pos. 22º00"S 07º45"W
2 Dead
55 Survivors
At 00.13 hours on 8 Feb, 1943, the unescorted Roger B. Taney (Master Thomas James Porter) was hit by a torpedo from U-
The 19 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) fired five rounds in the direction of the torpedo track and remained on board when the eight officers, 29 crewmen and one passenger abandoned ship in two lifeboats about 20 minutes after the hit. At 02.33 hours, a coup de grâce was fired that hit the #4 hold and caused a tremendous explosion. The armed guards now abandoned ship on two rafts and were picked up by the boats at dawn. The U-boat surfaced and the Germans questioned the survivors before leaving the area.
The boats tried to stay together but became separated after 36 hours. The 15 crew members and 13 armed guards in one boat were picked up on 1 March by the British steam merchant Penrith Castle and landed at Bahia four days later. The master, 16 crew members, nine armed guards and one passenger in the other boat were picked up on 22 March by the Brazilian merchant Bagé about ten miles of the coast of Brazil between Rio de Janeiro and Santos after sailing more than
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