"The online community for the merchant navy officers all over world. Merchant navy education and profession is very challenging. Sealife can be very stressful at times. It takes a lot of hard work & determination to be a successful mariner. We all know that. So its time for us to celebrate our talent. We are SeaFolks!"
The troopship Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on December 24, 1944. There were 763 soldiers of the U.S. 66th Infantry Division killed. Bodies of 493 soldiers never found. Many photos on the Web site and drawings by Richard Rockwell (nephew of Norman Rockwell) depicting disaster.
5 visitors recommend: The Lusitania Tragedy Source: Walker Books Author: Diana Preston City: New York, State: NY
Based on the new book by Diana Preston, this site features a "Lusitania Gallery" with details about the pivotal 1915 sinking of the ocean liner bound from New York to Liverpool sunk by a U-Boat.
A Web site dedicated to the U.S. First Navy Jack, a flag first flown by the Continental Navy in 1775, and now flown over all U.S. Navy ships for the duration of the War on Terrorism.