USNR WORLD WAR II
Signalman 3rd Class Anthony Oliverio MIA/KIA
Hometown: West Virginia
Official Date of death: 04-Apr-44
Service # 5600561
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Master James Frank Harrell Lost
Mission: Transport
Ship: American Steam tanker Gulfstate
Loss Date: 04-Apr-43
Cargo: 68.417 barrels of crude oil
Position: 24.26N, 80.18W - Grid DM 2883 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida
Fate: Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)
Complement: 61 (43 dead and 18 survivors).
Notes on event
At 09.03 hours on 3 Apr, 1943, the unescorted Gulfstate was hit by two torpedoes from U-155 about 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida while steaming a nonevasive course at 10.5 knots. The first torpedo struck on the port side directly under the bridge and ripped a large hole in the hull at the waterline, causing immediate flooding and setting the cargo on fire. The second torpedo struck at the engine room. The fire leapt 100 feet in the air and spread from the bridge to the after part of the vessel. The master ordered the engines secured and the ship abandoned, but the vessel sank bow first within four minutes. None of the lifeboats could be launched and all rafts were lost in the fire. Only a single doughnut raft managed to break free of the tanker. The eight officers, 34 crewmen and 19 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) had to jump in the water and swim through 600 feet of burning oil surrounding the tanker. The survivors clung to floatsam and the single raft for seven hours before being discovered by a US Navy blimp, which dropped two rubber life rafts. An US Coast Guard seaplane picked up three of the most seriously wounded two hours later and took them to Miami. One hour later the remaining 15 survivors (five of them wounded) were picked up by the American patrol craft USS YP-351. Three of the wounded were later transferred to USS Noa (DD 343) for medical treatment. All survivors were landed at Key West. Eight officers, 26 crewmen and nine armed guards were lost.
Signalman Oliverio appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost April 3rd 1943 officially declared killed April 4th 1944. His memorial at the West Virginia National Cemetery is a cenotaph, his body was never recovered.
USN Personnel Lost with Gulfstate
Wayne Albert Armstrong
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Richard J. Clemons
Newton Davis Neely
Newton Davis Neely
Anthony Oliverio
Anthony Oliverio
Raymond L. Stone
Roland Earl Thron
Military Information: SA, US NAVY
Signalman 3rd Class Anthony Oliverio MIA/KIA
Hometown: West Virginia
Official Date of death: 04-Apr-44
Service # 5600561
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Master James Frank Harrell Lost
Mission: Transport
Ship: American Steam tanker Gulfstate
Loss Date: 04-Apr-43
Cargo: 68.417 barrels of crude oil
Position: 24.26N, 80.18W - Grid DM 2883 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida
Fate: Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)
Complement: 61 (43 dead and 18 survivors).
Notes on event
At 09.03 hours on 3 Apr, 1943, the unescorted Gulfstate was hit by two torpedoes from U-155 about 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida while steaming a nonevasive course at 10.5 knots. The first torpedo struck on the port side directly under the bridge and ripped a large hole in the hull at the waterline, causing immediate flooding and setting the cargo on fire. The second torpedo struck at the engine room. The fire leapt 100 feet in the air and spread from the bridge to the after part of the vessel. The master ordered the engines secured and the ship abandoned, but the vessel sank bow first within four minutes. None of the lifeboats could be launched and all rafts were lost in the fire. Only a single doughnut raft managed to break free of the tanker. The eight officers, 34 crewmen and 19 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) had to jump in the water and swim through 600 feet of burning oil surrounding the tanker. The survivors clung to floatsam and the single raft for seven hours before being discovered by a US Navy blimp, which dropped two rubber life rafts. An US Coast Guard seaplane picked up three of the most seriously wounded two hours later and took them to Miami. One hour later the remaining 15 survivors (five of them wounded) were picked up by the American patrol craft USS YP-351. Three of the wounded were later transferred to USS Noa (DD 343) for medical treatment. All survivors were landed at Key West. Eight officers, 26 crewmen and nine armed guards were lost.
Signalman Oliverio appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost April 3rd 1943 officially declared killed April 4th 1944. His memorial at the West Virginia National Cemetery is a cenotaph, his body was never recovered.
USN Personnel Lost with Gulfstate
Wayne Albert Armstrong
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Richard J. Clemons
Newton Davis Neely
Newton Davis Neely
Anthony Oliverio
Anthony Oliverio
Raymond L. Stone
Roland Earl Thron
Military Information: SA, US NAVY
USNR WORLD WAR II
Signalman 3rd Class Anthony Oliverio MIA/KIA
Hometown: West Virginia
Official Date of death: 04-Apr-44
Service # 5600561
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Master James Frank Harrell Lost
Mission: Transport
Ship: American Steam tanker Gulfstate
Loss Date: 04-Apr-43
Cargo: 68.417 barrels of crude oil
Position: 24.26N, 80.18W - Grid DM 2883 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida
Fate: Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)
Complement: 61 (43 dead and 18 survivors).
Notes on event
At 09.03 hours on 3 Apr, 1943, the unescorted Gulfstate was hit by two torpedoes from U-155 about 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida while steaming a nonevasive course at 10.5 knots. The first torpedo struck on the port side directly under the bridge and ripped a large hole in the hull at the waterline, causing immediate flooding and setting the cargo on fire. The second torpedo struck at the engine room. The fire leapt 100 feet in the air and spread from the bridge to the after part of the vessel. The master ordered the engines secured and the ship abandoned, but the vessel sank bow first within four minutes. None of the lifeboats could be launched and all rafts were lost in the fire. Only a single doughnut raft managed to break free of the tanker. The eight officers, 34 crewmen and 19 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) had to jump in the water and swim through 600 feet of burning oil surrounding the tanker. The survivors clung to floatsam and the single raft for seven hours before being discovered by a US Navy blimp, which dropped two rubber life rafts. An US Coast Guard seaplane picked up three of the most seriously wounded two hours later and took them to Miami. One hour later the remaining 15 survivors (five of them wounded) were picked up by the American patrol craft USS YP-351. Three of the wounded were later transferred to USS Noa (DD 343) for medical treatment. All survivors were landed at Key West. Eight officers, 26 crewmen and nine armed guards were lost.
Signalman Oliverio appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost April 3rd 1943 officially declared killed April 4th 1944. His memorial at the West Virginia National Cemetery is a cenotaph, his body was never recovered.
USN Personnel Lost with Gulfstate
Wayne Albert Armstrong
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Richard J. Clemons
Newton Davis Neely
Newton Davis Neely
Anthony Oliverio
Anthony Oliverio
Raymond L. Stone
Roland Earl Thron
Military Information: SA, US NAVY
Signalman 3rd Class Anthony Oliverio MIA/KIA
Hometown: West Virginia
Official Date of death: 04-Apr-44
Service # 5600561
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Master James Frank Harrell Lost
Mission: Transport
Ship: American Steam tanker Gulfstate
Loss Date: 04-Apr-43
Cargo: 68.417 barrels of crude oil
Position: 24.26N, 80.18W - Grid DM 2883 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida
Fate: Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)
Complement: 61 (43 dead and 18 survivors).
Notes on event
At 09.03 hours on 3 Apr, 1943, the unescorted Gulfstate was hit by two torpedoes from U-155 about 50 miles southeast of Marathon Key, Florida while steaming a nonevasive course at 10.5 knots. The first torpedo struck on the port side directly under the bridge and ripped a large hole in the hull at the waterline, causing immediate flooding and setting the cargo on fire. The second torpedo struck at the engine room. The fire leapt 100 feet in the air and spread from the bridge to the after part of the vessel. The master ordered the engines secured and the ship abandoned, but the vessel sank bow first within four minutes. None of the lifeboats could be launched and all rafts were lost in the fire. Only a single doughnut raft managed to break free of the tanker. The eight officers, 34 crewmen and 19 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) had to jump in the water and swim through 600 feet of burning oil surrounding the tanker. The survivors clung to floatsam and the single raft for seven hours before being discovered by a US Navy blimp, which dropped two rubber life rafts. An US Coast Guard seaplane picked up three of the most seriously wounded two hours later and took them to Miami. One hour later the remaining 15 survivors (five of them wounded) were picked up by the American patrol craft USS YP-351. Three of the wounded were later transferred to USS Noa (DD 343) for medical treatment. All survivors were landed at Key West. Eight officers, 26 crewmen and nine armed guards were lost.
Signalman Oliverio appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost April 3rd 1943 officially declared killed April 4th 1944. His memorial at the West Virginia National Cemetery is a cenotaph, his body was never recovered.
USN Personnel Lost with Gulfstate
Wayne Albert Armstrong
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Bill Brandon Calhoun
Richard J. Clemons
Newton Davis Neely
Newton Davis Neely
Anthony Oliverio
Anthony Oliverio
Raymond L. Stone
Roland Earl Thron
Military Information: SA, US NAVY
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