Son of Clifford Turner and Daisy E Sanders.
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US Navy WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class Lowell R. Turner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Missouri
Official Date of death: 13-Nov-43
Service # 3378695
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Capt Harold J. Wright
Mission: Troop transport Convoy UGF-1
Ship: Troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43)
Loss Date: 12-Nov-42
Cargo: War material and troops
Location: 33.40N, 07.35W - Grid DJ 2524 Fedhala Roads Marocco
Fate: Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals)
Complement: 119 (59 dead and 60 survivors).
History
Laid down as steam passenger ship Jadwin, completed in January 1921 as Hawkeye State for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 renamed President Pierce for the Dollar SS Co, later transferred to the American President Lines Ltd, San Francisco CA. On 31 Jul, 1941, chartered by the US Army as troop transport USAT Hugh L. Scott and made four Far East voyages. On 7 Sep, 1942, the ship was commissioned in the US Navy as troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) after being converted by the Todd Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Hoboken NJ. She received one battle star for her World War 2 service.
Notes on event
USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) was participating in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in the Task Group 34.9 (Center Attack Group, Western Naval Task Force) as part of the convoy UGF-1.
At 18.28 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-130 fired five torpedoes on three transports (USS Edward Rutledge (AP 52), USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) and USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42)) at anchor in the heavily guarded Fedhala Roads. All torpedoes hit their targets, causing the first and the second ship to sink quickly. USS Tasker H. Bliss burned until 02.30 hours the next morning and finally sank. U-130 reported her victims by their former civilian names.
Seaman Turner appears Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia lost November 12th 1942 officially declared killed November 13th 1943. His memorial Mount Tabor Cemetery Douglas County Missouri is a cenotaph his body was never recovered.
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US Navy WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class Lowell R. Turner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Missouri
Official Date of death: 13-Nov-43
Service # 3378695
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Capt Harold J. Wright
Mission: Troop transport Convoy UGF-1
Ship: Troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43)
Loss Date: 12-Nov-42
Cargo: War material and troops
Location: 33.40N, 07.35W - Grid DJ 2524 Fedhala Roads Marocco
Fate: Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals)
Complement: 119 (59 dead and 60 survivors).
History
Laid down as steam passenger ship Jadwin, completed in January 1921 as Hawkeye State for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 renamed President Pierce for the Dollar SS Co, later transferred to the American President Lines Ltd, San Francisco CA. On 31 Jul, 1941, chartered by the US Army as troop transport USAT Hugh L. Scott and made four Far East voyages. On 7 Sep, 1942, the ship was commissioned in the US Navy as troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) after being converted by the Todd Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Hoboken NJ. She received one battle star for her World War 2 service.
Notes on event
USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) was participating in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in the Task Group 34.9 (Center Attack Group, Western Naval Task Force) as part of the convoy UGF-1.
At 18.28 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-130 fired five torpedoes on three transports (USS Edward Rutledge (AP 52), USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) and USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42)) at anchor in the heavily guarded Fedhala Roads. All torpedoes hit their targets, causing the first and the second ship to sink quickly. USS Tasker H. Bliss burned until 02.30 hours the next morning and finally sank. U-130 reported her victims by their former civilian names.
Seaman Turner appears Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia lost November 12th 1942 officially declared killed November 13th 1943. His memorial Mount Tabor Cemetery Douglas County Missouri is a cenotaph his body was never recovered.
Son of Clifford Turner and Daisy E Sanders.
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US Navy WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class Lowell R. Turner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Missouri
Official Date of death: 13-Nov-43
Service # 3378695
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Capt Harold J. Wright
Mission: Troop transport Convoy UGF-1
Ship: Troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43)
Loss Date: 12-Nov-42
Cargo: War material and troops
Location: 33.40N, 07.35W - Grid DJ 2524 Fedhala Roads Marocco
Fate: Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals)
Complement: 119 (59 dead and 60 survivors).
History
Laid down as steam passenger ship Jadwin, completed in January 1921 as Hawkeye State for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 renamed President Pierce for the Dollar SS Co, later transferred to the American President Lines Ltd, San Francisco CA. On 31 Jul, 1941, chartered by the US Army as troop transport USAT Hugh L. Scott and made four Far East voyages. On 7 Sep, 1942, the ship was commissioned in the US Navy as troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) after being converted by the Todd Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Hoboken NJ. She received one battle star for her World War 2 service.
Notes on event
USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) was participating in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in the Task Group 34.9 (Center Attack Group, Western Naval Task Force) as part of the convoy UGF-1.
At 18.28 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-130 fired five torpedoes on three transports (USS Edward Rutledge (AP 52), USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) and USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42)) at anchor in the heavily guarded Fedhala Roads. All torpedoes hit their targets, causing the first and the second ship to sink quickly. USS Tasker H. Bliss burned until 02.30 hours the next morning and finally sank. U-130 reported her victims by their former civilian names.
Seaman Turner appears Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia lost November 12th 1942 officially declared killed November 13th 1943. His memorial Mount Tabor Cemetery Douglas County Missouri is a cenotaph his body was never recovered.
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US Navy WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class Lowell R. Turner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Missouri
Official Date of death: 13-Nov-43
Service # 3378695
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Capt Harold J. Wright
Mission: Troop transport Convoy UGF-1
Ship: Troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43)
Loss Date: 12-Nov-42
Cargo: War material and troops
Location: 33.40N, 07.35W - Grid DJ 2524 Fedhala Roads Marocco
Fate: Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals)
Complement: 119 (59 dead and 60 survivors).
History
Laid down as steam passenger ship Jadwin, completed in January 1921 as Hawkeye State for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 renamed President Pierce for the Dollar SS Co, later transferred to the American President Lines Ltd, San Francisco CA. On 31 Jul, 1941, chartered by the US Army as troop transport USAT Hugh L. Scott and made four Far East voyages. On 7 Sep, 1942, the ship was commissioned in the US Navy as troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) after being converted by the Todd Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Hoboken NJ. She received one battle star for her World War 2 service.
Notes on event
USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) was participating in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in the Task Group 34.9 (Center Attack Group, Western Naval Task Force) as part of the convoy UGF-1.
At 18.28 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-130 fired five torpedoes on three transports (USS Edward Rutledge (AP 52), USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) and USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42)) at anchor in the heavily guarded Fedhala Roads. All torpedoes hit their targets, causing the first and the second ship to sink quickly. USS Tasker H. Bliss burned until 02.30 hours the next morning and finally sank. U-130 reported her victims by their former civilian names.
Seaman Turner appears Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia lost November 12th 1942 officially declared killed November 13th 1943. His memorial Mount Tabor Cemetery Douglas County Missouri is a cenotaph his body was never recovered.
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MIA Aboard ship in Atlantic during WWII.
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