Daily Event for January 22


A missing tanker may have been sunk by the U-66 on this day in 1942. The Olympic sailed from Curacao for Baltimore but never made it. The U-66 reported sinking an unidentified steamer off the coast of North Carolina on Jan. 22 which is thought to have been the Olympic. No trace was found of her or her thirty-five man crew.

The freighter Norvana and her twenty-nine man crew was also lost on Jan. 22, 1942, sunk by the U-123. This
time there was evidence of a violent end when a damaged lifeboat was found from the sunken ship. The loss of
these two ships, like almost all ships of the time, was not acknowledged by the Navy until Mar. 6 when a list
was issued stating the two ships were overdue and presumed lost.
© 2008 Michael W. Pocock
MaritimeQuest.com



Roll of Honor
In memory of those who lost their lives on the SS Norvana

Name

Rate

Bridges, Francis W.
Wiper
Clarke, Leonard A.
Chief Engineer
Coltrain, Dennis R.
Third Engineer
Daughtry, William D.
Oiler
Davis, Jesse J.
Oiler
De La Cruz, Pablo
Messman
Divers, Lawrence W.
Bosun
Edwards, David
Cook
Edwards, Lawrence
Able Bodied Seaman
Gibbs Jr., Joe
Ordinary Seaman
Henry, Edward
Cook
Irons, William C.
Third Mate
Johnson, Henry C.
Second Mate
Kelly, John H.
Second Engineer
Kendrick, Clarence J.
F/W
Lagoyianis, Peter P.
Able Bodied Seaman
Lassus, N. A.
Oiler
Lewis, Thomas D.
F/W
Mackie, Alexander C.
Chief Mate
Maloney, William J.
Ordinary Seaman
Nixon, Josephus N.
Steward
Paige, Clifton
Messman
Papatolos, Nicholas
F/W
Storra, Sofus E.
Able Bodied Seaman
Thompson, Ernest J.
Master
Waugh, John
Able Bodied Seaman
Wechsler, Meyer E.
Radio Officer
Wright, M. E.
Messman
Wynn, Cecil I.
First Engineer


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