Allied Warship Commanders


Theodore Adolf Torgerson, USN

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Ranks

 Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Theodore Adolf Torgerson, USN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
USS Biddle (DD 151)Lt.Cdr.DestroyerOct 1942Oct 1943
USS Waldron (DD 699)Lt.Cdr.DestroyerNov 1945Apr 1946

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer USS Biddle (DD 151)


8 Nov 1942
USS Biddle picks up 14 survivors from the American merchant Nathaniel Hawthorne that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-508 about 40 nautical miles north-east of Isla de Margarita in position 11º34'N, 63º26'W.

13 Mar 1943
USS Biddle picks up 52 survivors of the American tanker Cities Service Missouri that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-68 about 200 nautical miles north-west of Curaçao in position 14º50'N, 71º46'W.

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