SS Ohio (1940)
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ss-ohio-1940-161-1756859
title:
SS Ohio (1940)
text:
SS Ohio was an oil tanker built for The Texas Company. The ship was launched on 20 April 1940 at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania. The United Kingdom requisitioned it to re-supply the island fortress of Malta during the Second World War. The tanker played a key role in Operation Pedestal, which was one of the fiercest and most heavily contested of the Malta convoys, in August 1942. Although Ohio reached Malta successfully, it was so badly damaged that it had to be effe
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description:
American oil tanker; used by the UK to resupply Malta during WWII
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ohio_(1940)
date created:
2005-02-11T11:34:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T03:58:54Z
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13
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