Lawton B. Evans
American Steam merchant
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| Name | Lawton B. Evans | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Liberty) | ||
| Tonnage | 7,197 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co, Mobile AL | ||
| Owner | US War Shipping Administration (WSA), Washington DC | ||
| Homeport | Mobile | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-221 (Hans-Hartwig Trojer) | ||
| Position | 51° 20'N, 29° 25'W - Grid BD 3118 | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-228 | ||
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| History | Completed in January 1943 Post-war: Broken up at Baltimore in January 1960. | ||
| Notes on event | At 21.31 hours on 10 March 1943 the Lawton B. Evans in convoy HX-228 was probably slightly damaged by dud torpedo from U-221 and reached the Clyde safely. | ||
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