Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Steel Age

American steam merchant



Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-2714

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the American steam merchant Steel Age.

Aboard Steel Age when hit on 7 Mar 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
AmericanAiken, Russell Newton, Merchant Marine37Radio OperatorSteel Age +
AmericanAngelbeck, William John, Merchant Marine47CarpenterSteel Age +
AmericanBass, Theodore, Merchant Marine40First Assistant EngineerSteel Age +
AmericanBurkett, Leon Allen, Merchant Marine21Third MateSteel Age +
AmericanCastanel, Arthur Joseph, Merchant Marine29OilerSteel Age +
AmericanChelli, Don, Merchant Marine29OilerSteel Age +
AmericanDavis, Frank Smith, Merchant Marine25OilerSteel Age +
AmericanFrancoeur, Antoine Francois, Merchant Marine28Fireman/WiperSteel Age +
AmericanGajewski, Francis Stanley Anthony, Merchant Marine19Ordinary SeamanSteel Age +
AmericanGonzalez, Juan, Merchant Marine43WiperSteel Age +
AmericanGreen, Richard Jefferson, Merchant Marine29Able SeamanSteel Age +
AmericanHartlier, Paul Edward, Merchant MarineSecond Assistant EngineerSteel Age +
AmericanHarvey, Conwell Scott, Merchant Marine20Ordinary SeamanSteel Age +
AmericanHoffman, Carl Heinrich, Merchant Marine51StewardSteel Age +
AmericanHurkett, James George, Merchant Marine29Able SeamanSteel Age +
AmericanJacques, Laurence Raymond, Merchant Marine43Chief MateSteel Age +
SwedishJenssen, Sven E., Merchant MarineMessmanSteel Age +
AmericanJones, Ralph, Merchant MarineMasterSteel Age +
AmericanLambert, Hubert Wayne, Merchant Marine21Ordinary SeamanSteel Age +
AmericanLawler, John Joseph, Merchant Marine24Fireman/WiperSteel Age +
AmericanMahon, Joseph Michael, Merchant Marine43Chief EngineerSteel Age +
AmericanMascarenas, Augusto, Merchant Marine53Chief CookSteel Age +
SpanishMuñiz Paz, José Benito, Merchant Marine61Able SeamanSteel Age
NorwegianOlsen, Ansgar S. Foss, Merchant Marine31Second CookSteel Age +
AmericanPennell, James Lester, Merchant MarineOilerSteel Age +
AmericanPhilbin, James Edward, Merchant Marine46Junior EngineerSteel Age +
AmericanRodriguez, Frank, Merchant MarineFireman/WiperSteel Age +
AmericanRuiz, Enrique, Merchant MarineMessmanSteel Age +
AmericanSimon, Edward Michael, Merchant Marine29Able SeamanSteel Age +
AmericanSmoak, Lenaire Bernard, Merchant Marine26Able SeamanSteel Age +
AmericanSpinosa, Melchor Ayala, Merchant MarineMessmanSteel Age +
AmericanStevenson, Clinton Stuart, Merchant Marine41Third Assistant EngineerSteel Age +
AmericanStugart, Don Allen, Merchant Marine26Second MateSteel Age +
AmericanVenieres, Michael, Merchant Marine45Boatswain (Bosun)Steel Age +
AmericanWentz, Walter David, Merchant Marine23Able SeamanSteel Age +

35 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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