DATE: March 8, 2007 1:15:13 PM EST
03-2007 Raymond F. O'Malley - Last survivor of the USS Escanaba (USCG)_2
Mrs. Patience Teschendorf meets USS Escanaba (USCG WPG-77) crewmembers BM2/c Melvin A. Baldwin (center) and SN1/c Raymond F. O'Malley (right) on March 23, 1945. Baldwin and O'Malley are lone survivors of the Escanaba, which became a casualty of the war on the North Atlantic. On June 13, 1943, at 5:10 a.m., Escanaba blew up and sank within three minutes in the North Atlantic. All but two of her crew of 103 were lost. The ship sank so quickly it had no time to send out signals. At the time of the sinking Escanaba was part of Task Unit 24.8.2 which was escorting convoy GS-24 from Narsarssuak, Greenland to St. Johns, Newfoundland. Photo provided by USCG Headquaters Historian's Office.
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