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Submitted: 2/8/20 • Approved: 2/10/20 • Last Updated: 1/22/21 • R1296523-G0-S3
FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER US Merchant Marine
February 1, 1920 - October 20, 1943
Died at sea
At 22.50 hours on Oct 21, 1943 the Gulfbelle (Master Charles P Wahl, lost) collided with the steam tanker Gulfland (Master Torger Olsen, lost) off Lake Worth Inlet, Florida while en route from New York to Houston, Texas in ballast. The ships were traveling without lights to avoid being seen by the Germans. They both burst into flames, due to the cargo of gasoline on the Gulfland. Nimrod was a fatality of that fire.
In memory of
Son of John Jasper Shipp &
Mary Elizabeth Moore
Married Audrey Skipper
Contributed on 2/8/20 by dgueterman
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