The tanker SS Emidio was sunk by a Japanese sub 18 miles off Crescent City California on December 20 1941.

Merchant ships ww2. The failure of the Japanese to sail their merchant ships in convoy without adequate protection was one of the most appalling blunders in naval history which resulted in the loss of 63 of their merchant shipping and contributed to their losing the War. A ship sinks during World War II. The ship and all on board were lost about 1200 miles west of the Pacific Coast.

There were over 650 Allied convoys hit by German U-boats during World War Two. Lost 1554 ships in the war. Merchant Marine The merchant marine is collectively those commercial non-naval ships that carry cargo or passengers or provide maritime services and the civilian crewmen and officers who sail those ships.

Search 1414 ports for ships arriving and departing on a date. The contribution made by merchant shipping in these operations. World War II US.

3 September is Merchant Navy Day which was first officially commemorated in New Zealand in 2010. Merchant ships by class. Approximately 8000 to 12000 Merchant Marine sailors were killed.

Officially the US. On those ships were not military personnel but merchant mariners -- civilian volunteers with the US. Merchant mariners were the supply line.

Aal Ibrahim Abdel Merchant Navy-1941. This is the story of the fourth service at war. Merchant ships were attacked not only in distant waters but also within sight of the Australian coastline while traversing much frequented trade routes.