Interesting Photo

[Jiminvirginia]

Any idea which troopship the 45th crossed the Atlantic on? My dad was Naval Armed Guard on a troopship. Someone has been translating German U-Boat war logs. In June 1943 the U-154 fired two torpedos at a "Mariposa"type ship in June 1943 but missed. It is likely the ship never knew they were fired at. The Mariposa was a WW2 troopship and was at sea en route to Casablanca in about June 1943. My dad did not get on the ship until 1944.
Point is - if the troops in the picture were on the Mariposa in June 1943 they very likely almost ended up being sunk in the Atlantic - and not likely to survive - and never even knew it. The U-Boat Captain missed because he underestimated the ships speed by 1 knot. May not seem like much but at the distance he fired and the speed of the torpedo he missed the ship by about 100 yards.

[Fred]

Cool! Thanks for sharing that Jim!

[Shooter5]

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Any idea which troopship the 45th crossed the Atlantic on? My dad was Naval Armed Guard on a troopship. Someone has been translating German U-Boat war logs. In June 1943 the U-154 fired two torpedos at a "Mariposa"type ship in June 1943 but missed. It is likely the ship never knew they were fired at. The Mariposa was a WW2 troopship and was at sea en route to Casablanca in about June 1943. My dad did not get on the ship until 1944.
Point is - if the troops in the picture were on the Mariposa in June 1943 they very likely almost ended up being sunk in the Atlantic - and not likely to survive - and never even knew it. The U-Boat Captain missed because he underestimated the ships speed by 1 knot. May not seem like much but at the distance he fired and the speed of the torpedo he missed the ship by about 100 yards.