SS Bloody Marsh: October 28, 2021

 

After a first attempt to find World War II-era oil tanker SS Bloody Marsh during Windows to the Deep 2019, NOAA Ocean Exploration returned to the area where the ship was lost and located what is likely its remains during Windows to the Deep 2021.

Bloody Marsh was an oil tanker that was on its maiden voyage from Houston to New York with a cargo of 106,496 barrels (4,472,832 gallons) of oil. While steaming off the coast of South Carolina on July 2, 1943, a torpedo from German submarine U-66 struck the aft port side of Bloody Marsh, destroying the engine room and killing three of the crew. The rest of the crew and armed guards on the ship boarded life rafts and escaped. A second torpedo struck the port side amidships and broke the tanker in two, sinking it quickly. U-66 surfaced to view the sinking ship and struck one of the lifeboats, knocking the sailors into the sea before leaving the scene.

 

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Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Windows to the Deep 2021.

 


 

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