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SS ''Alexander Macomb'' was a Liberty ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. Construction began on Hull 2023 on 18 February 1942 at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland, under Maritime Commission contract 0036. ''See,'' List of Liberty ships: M-R.〔(Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission. )〕 The ship was launched on 6 May, and her sea trials were completed on 2 June. She was named for Alexander Macomb, an American General known chiefly for his leadership at the Battle of Plattsburgh in the War of 1812.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bethlehem Fairfield )〕 ==Service history== Her first Captain was Carl Froisland, a sailor with long experience of the Atlantic. She steamed to New York and there loaded her cargo of Sherman tanks, P-38 aircraft and explosives for the Soviet Union, and then joined convoy BX 27 to Halifax. On this maiden voyage across the Atlantic, she had 41 crew and 25 U.S. Navy gunners on board.〔 Two hundred miles east of Orleans Massachusetts, she was torpedoed and sunk by the . Ten of the crew were lost. and pursued ''U-215'' and succeeded in sinking it with depth charges. , a Canadian corvette that was not part of the convoy, assisted in the rescue of the crew of ''Alexander Macomb'' and picked up twenty-five survivors, while others in the convoy rescued the remainder.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alexander Macomb (Steam merchant) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net )〕 The wreck of the ''Alexander Macomb'' was rediscovered in October 1964 by the Risdon Beazley company salvage ship ''Droxford'' at position . The bulk of the metal cargo was removed in 1965 by the same ship. It is considered to be "dangerous to dive."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SS ''Alexander Macomb'' wreck, 1942 )〕 The wreck of ''U-215'' was discovered by Canadian divers and marine archaeologists in July 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Alexander Macomb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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