Ships hit by U-boats

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Esso Bolivar

Panamanian motor tanker




This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the Panamanian motor tanker Esso Bolivar.

Aboard Esso Bolivar when hit on 8 Mar 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
AmericanAllen, Roy L., Merchant Marine31OilerEsso Bolivar
AmericanBowen, Neal J., Merchant Marine33Second Assistant EngineerEsso Bolivar
AmericanCaldwell, Dewise Whayne, Merchant Marine44Boatswain (Bosun)Esso Bolivar
AmericanCamp, Nemuel John, Merchant Marine29Chief CookEsso Bolivar, J.A. Mowinckel
AmericanCampbell, Hugh M., Merchant Marine19Able SeamanEsso Bolivar
AmericanCarlo, Matthew, Merchant Marine20WiperEsso Bolivar
AmericanCasey, William, Merchant Marine48MessmanEsso Bolivar
AmericanCote, Armand Ovila, USN32CoxswainEsso Bolivar
AmericanCreps, Lawrence Raymond, USN15Apprentice SeamanEsso Bolivar +
AmericanDaley, John Henry, Merchant Marine44MessmanEsso Bolivar +
AmericanDinnebeil, Louis A., Merchant Marine42StorekeeperEsso Bolivar
AmericanEberling, Conrad S., Merchant Marine29PumpmanEsso Bolivar
AmericanFalk, Andrew Frederick, USNR19Seaman Second ClassEsso Bolivar
AmericanFisher, William, Merchant Marine49StewardEsso Bolivar
AmericanFlorio, Leonard John, Merchant Marine18Fireman/WatertenderEsso Bolivar
AmericanFudske, Hawkins, Merchant Marine31Chief MateEsso Bolivar +
AmericanGallavan, James Joseph, Merchant Marine17OilerEsso Bolivar
NorwegianJohnson, Bjarne, Merchant Marine31Able SeamanEsso Bolivar
AmericanJones, Alvis, Merchant Marine21Radio OperatorEsso Bolivar
AmericanLang, John P., Merchant Marine26Able SeamanEsso Bolivar, C.O. Stillman +
AmericanLauman, Arthur A., Merchant Marine54Fireman/WatertenderEsso Bolivar
AmericanLewis, Robert H., USNApprentice SeamanEsso Bolivar
AmericanLow, Charles H., Merchant Marine34MachinistCharles Pratt, Esso Bolivar
AmericanMcCloskey, Peter Bernard, Merchant Marine45Able SeamanEsso Bolivar, H.H. Rogers
AmericanMcTaggart, Thomas Joseph, Merchant Marine29Chief EngineerEsso Bolivar
AmericanMezenski, Walter Stanley, USN31Seaman First ClassEsso Bolivar
AmericanMyers, Harold L., Merchant Marine26Able SeamanEsso Bolivar, E.G. Seubert
AmericanOwen, Oscar, Merchant Marine37Third MateEsso Bolivar
AmericanO’Connell, Eldridge James, Merchant Marine37Second MateEsso Bolivar
NorwegianPedersen, Ragnar Fahn, Merchant Marine43MessmanEsso Bolivar
AmericanPhillips, Frank V., Merchant Marine21Able SeamanEsso Bolivar
AmericanRichardson, Charles D., Merchant Marine27Able SeamanEsso Bolivar, H.H. Rogers
AmericanRichardson, Robert N., Merchant Marine26WiperEsso Bolivar
AmericanRiling, Charles Glenn, USN17Seaman Second ClassEsso Bolivar
SwedishRoos, Sven Edward, Merchant Marine34Able SeamanEsso Bolivar, J.A. Mowinckel
AmericanRyan, John B., Merchant Marine18WiperEsso Bolivar
AmericanSampson, Carl J., Merchant Marine23Able SeamanEsso Bolivar
AmericanScardora, Henry H., Merchant Marine20UtilitymanEsso Bolivar +
AmericanSeymour, Arthur W., Merchant Marine22MessmanEsso Bolivar
AmericanSkadovura, Stanislaus, Merchant Marine17Ordinary SeamanEsso Bolivar, C.O. Stillman
AmericanSokolowski, Joseph J., Merchant Marine27Fireman/WatertenderEsso Bolivar, J.A. Mowinckel, H.H. Rogers
AmericanSorensen, Carl Lawrence, Merchant Marine27First Assistant EngineerEsso Bolivar
AmericanStewart, James Mitchell, Merchant Marine52MasterEsso Bolivar +
AmericanStoller, Abraham, Merchant Marine42ElectricianEsso Bolivar
AmericanVaught, Basil E., Merchant Marine21Ordinary SeamanEsso Bolivar +
AmericanWhittaker, Arthur Davis, Merchant Marine28Third Assistant EngineerEsso Bolivar
AmericanWilson, Irving Calvin, Merchant Marine36OilerEsso Bolivar +
AmericanYates, Arthur, Merchant Marine20Ordinary SeamanEsso Bolivar
AmericanZabroski, Frank, Merchant Marine30Ordinary SeamanEsso Bolivar
AmericanZawistowski, Boleslaw, Merchant Marine22CookEsso Bolivar +

50 persons found.

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