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| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Markham and Co (Derbyshire) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Sank after a collision in Loch Striven on the morning of 6th March 1945. XE-11 had been calibrating instruments in Loch Striven. The Submarine was changing depth and was in collision with a Ministry of War Transport Boom Defence Vessel (previously the Fleetwood Steam Trawler Norina which was laying buoys. The Commanding Officer and two ratings were lost. | |
A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
An understated but absorbing journal from a veteran of 11 underseas missions in the close quarters of a fleet submarine against Japanese shipping during WW II's Pacific campaigns.
A 1939 graduate of the US Naval Academy.
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| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Markham and Co (Derbyshire) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Sank after a collision in Loch Striven on the morning of 6th March 1945. XE-11 had been calibrating instruments in Loch Striven. The Submarine was changing depth and was in collision with a Ministry of War Transport Boom Defence Vessel (previously the Fleetwood Steam Trawler Norina which was laying buoys. The Commanding Officer and two ratings were lost. | |
A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
An understated but absorbing journal from a veteran of 11 underseas missions in the close quarters of a fleet submarine against Japanese shipping during WW II's Pacific campaigns.
A 1939 graduate of the US Naval Academy.
17 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
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