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On Wed. 26 Jan 1944 German submarine U-716 sank US freighter Andrew G......

1944-01-26

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German submarine U-716 sank US freighter Andrew G. Curtin of Allied convoy JW-56A; 3 were killed, 68 survived. U-360 damaged British freighter Fort Bellingham (convoy civilian commodore's ship), which was later sunk by U-957; 36 were killed, 35 survived.

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