Winona
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| Name | Winona | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.197 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Federal Shipbuilding Co, Kearny NJ | ||
| Owner | Weyerhaeuser SS Co, Tacoma WA | ||
| Homeport | Everett | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Oct, 1942 | Nationality: | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 11N, 61.10W - Grid ED 9954 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (0 dead and 56 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TRIN-19 | ||
| Route | Norfolk, Virginia - Port of Spain, Trinidad - Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Cargo | 8000 tons of coal | ||
| History | built as The Lambs, 1928 renamed Exporter, 1937 renamed Winona In 1945 the ship was transferred to the Sovietunion and renamed Akademik Pavlov. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.20 hours on 16 Oct, 1942, U-160 fired torpedoes from the starboard side at the convoy TRIN-19 50 miles east-northeast of Trinidad. One torpedo struck the Castle Harbour in station #81, which lost her bow and sank within 20 seconds and another struck 30 seconds later the Winona in station #72, which was damaged but reached Port of Spain under own power. The Winona (Master John Beale Rynbergen) was hit on the starboard side in the #2 hold. The explosion blew the hatch covers off and opened a hole 68 by 28 feet, flooding the #2 holds and causing leaks in #1 and #3 holds. After returning from securing the confidential documents, the master found the helm unattended so he stopped the engines and tried to evade the other ships in the convoy, but her bow grazed the stern of the Norwegian steam merchant Austvangen (2420 grt), slightly damaging both ships. The eight officers, 33 crewmen and 15 armed guards did not abandon the badly listing ship, brought the leaks under control by the pumps and steered her into Port of Spain under own power the next day. On 3 Feb, 1943, the Winona left Port of Spain after temporary repairs in convoy TAG-40, arrived in Mobile for repairs on 15 February and returned to service on 14 April. | ||
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