Parents: Janie A. (Talbot) and Morton Timothy White
Sisters: Marie and Jesse
Mr. White was born around 1902, and according to his mother, he had been a merchant mariner for 10 years prior to his death.
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USMM
Service No: Z 105091
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Denton, Texas
Able Seaman DAVID T. WHITE was on the American merchant ship SS Louise Lykes as it left New York on January 2, 1943. Loaded with a cargo of war supplies and ammunition, the unescorted ship headed for Belfast, Ireland. Although unescorted, the ship was armed with one 4-inch, two 3-inch and eight 20mm guns and a crew of Navy Armed Guards to man them.
On Jan 9th, about 500 nautical miles south-southeast of Iceland, German submarine U-384 was spotted just below the surface of the water. Navy gunners immediately opened fire, their shots straddling the sub but not directly hitting it. Unfortunately, U-384 had already fired off four torpedoes from a distance of 2000 yards, and when two hit there was an explosion so great that the sub had to make a crash dive to avoid being hit by fiery debris. When it surfaced about five minutes later, the only thing floating on the water was debris, the ship had virtually disappeared.
There were 51 Merchant Mariners, 34 US Navy Armed Guards, and possibly 10-20 members of the US Army Signal Corps on board. None survived.
Sisters: Marie and Jesse
Mr. White was born around 1902, and according to his mother, he had been a merchant mariner for 10 years prior to his death.
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USMM
Service No: Z 105091
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Denton, Texas
Able Seaman DAVID T. WHITE was on the American merchant ship SS Louise Lykes as it left New York on January 2, 1943. Loaded with a cargo of war supplies and ammunition, the unescorted ship headed for Belfast, Ireland. Although unescorted, the ship was armed with one 4-inch, two 3-inch and eight 20mm guns and a crew of Navy Armed Guards to man them.
On Jan 9th, about 500 nautical miles south-southeast of Iceland, German submarine U-384 was spotted just below the surface of the water. Navy gunners immediately opened fire, their shots straddling the sub but not directly hitting it. Unfortunately, U-384 had already fired off four torpedoes from a distance of 2000 yards, and when two hit there was an explosion so great that the sub had to make a crash dive to avoid being hit by fiery debris. When it surfaced about five minutes later, the only thing floating on the water was debris, the ship had virtually disappeared.
There were 51 Merchant Mariners, 34 US Navy Armed Guards, and possibly 10-20 members of the US Army Signal Corps on board. None survived.
Parents: Janie A. (Talbot) and Morton Timothy White
Sisters: Marie and Jesse
Mr. White was born around 1902, and according to his mother, he had been a merchant mariner for 10 years prior to his death.
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USMM
Service No: Z 105091
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Denton, Texas
Able Seaman DAVID T. WHITE was on the American merchant ship SS Louise Lykes as it left New York on January 2, 1943. Loaded with a cargo of war supplies and ammunition, the unescorted ship headed for Belfast, Ireland. Although unescorted, the ship was armed with one 4-inch, two 3-inch and eight 20mm guns and a crew of Navy Armed Guards to man them.
On Jan 9th, about 500 nautical miles south-southeast of Iceland, German submarine U-384 was spotted just below the surface of the water. Navy gunners immediately opened fire, their shots straddling the sub but not directly hitting it. Unfortunately, U-384 had already fired off four torpedoes from a distance of 2000 yards, and when two hit there was an explosion so great that the sub had to make a crash dive to avoid being hit by fiery debris. When it surfaced about five minutes later, the only thing floating on the water was debris, the ship had virtually disappeared.
There were 51 Merchant Mariners, 34 US Navy Armed Guards, and possibly 10-20 members of the US Army Signal Corps on board. None survived.
Sisters: Marie and Jesse
Mr. White was born around 1902, and according to his mother, he had been a merchant mariner for 10 years prior to his death.
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USMM
Service No: Z 105091
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Denton, Texas
Able Seaman DAVID T. WHITE was on the American merchant ship SS Louise Lykes as it left New York on January 2, 1943. Loaded with a cargo of war supplies and ammunition, the unescorted ship headed for Belfast, Ireland. Although unescorted, the ship was armed with one 4-inch, two 3-inch and eight 20mm guns and a crew of Navy Armed Guards to man them.
On Jan 9th, about 500 nautical miles south-southeast of Iceland, German submarine U-384 was spotted just below the surface of the water. Navy gunners immediately opened fire, their shots straddling the sub but not directly hitting it. Unfortunately, U-384 had already fired off four torpedoes from a distance of 2000 yards, and when two hit there was an explosion so great that the sub had to make a crash dive to avoid being hit by fiery debris. When it surfaced about five minutes later, the only thing floating on the water was debris, the ship had virtually disappeared.
There were 51 Merchant Mariners, 34 US Navy Armed Guards, and possibly 10-20 members of the US Army Signal Corps on board. None survived.
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