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June 15th, 2025 - Updated Captain Paul Jones' biography on the 'Aftermath' page.
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June 7th, 2025 - Updated Alaskan's Seabury Cook biography with additional details from his niece and great niece.
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January 18th, 2025 - Added a Biography of Alexander Coumbis, under the U-126 page in Home, along with sub-pages on Frank Blackmore, Douglas Dixon, RAF Templeton/Haverfordwest, RAF West Freugh, Braid Fell and Stoneykirk Cemetery.
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April 27th, 2024 - Added newfound images of Cape San Juan survivors arrival in Fiji on Main, 1st Fighter, 855th, McCalla and YMS-241 pages. Added bio of Hines on 855th page and bios of Favell and Moody on YMS-241 page.
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March 4th, 2024 - Updated Texan page with information on another survivor.
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July 4th, 2023 - Added a new dedicated page on U-126 under the 'Home' drop-down detailing her loss.
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August 14th, 2021 - Added new section on Harold Small as well as additional details on Capt. Newdigate & Clarence McMaster on Honolulan page. Added new image of Honolulan from Small and new images of Sunderland N9024 & survivors in lifeboats. Moved section on RAF No. 204 Squadron to it's own page under Honolulan.
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February 28th, 2021 - Major update to Washingtonian page based on information on thier voyage by Chief Engineer Thomas F. Morgan.
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January 30th, 2021 - Added many new details across multiple pages thanks to historian Peter Cundall.
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June 15th, 2020 - Launched new version of the site with assorted tweaks and updates.
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October 14th, 2018 - Added new dedicated page on Alaskan's Seabury Cook.
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June 16th, 2018 - Added additional information and photos on Russell Jones in Kodaikanal section of Washingtonian page.
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May 12th, 2018 - Second addition to Bernard's Bio with more details on his classmates, life aboard the schoolship Nantucket and many wonderful pictures of the Nantucket and her crew during this era.
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March 4th, 2018 - First of two additions on Bernard: Added three letters Bernard wrote to family while on his MNS training cruises, a picture of the Nantucket returning from the 1929 cruise and photo of Bernard while at Northeastern University.
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September 3rd, 2017 - Added new biographies on Stanley H. Oliver and Francis D. Wood on Texan page as well as many new images in the Aftermath section.
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July 16th, 2017 - Added new page on Albert E. Bamforth under Masters, Mates & Pilots section. Heavily updated Introduction on William L. Marcy page.
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March 18th, 2017 - Added memorial page for George W. Duffy under Masters, Mates & Pilots section.
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February 25th, 2017 - Reconfigured Cape San Juan page by making sections on 1st Fighter, 253rd Ordnance and 855th Engineers thier own pages. Updated each of those new pages with additional info and photos. Added new found photos of SC-654 to its page as well as the main page. Added new photos and info on Murdoch MacRae to Edwin T. Meredith page. Added photo of George Roblin, PBM navigator, to rescue section of main Cape San Juan page. Plus several misc. updates.
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October 23rd, 2016 - Updated Donald L. Lambert biography on Arkansan Aftermath page.
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July 8th, 2016 - Updated Arkansan Info page with much more information and images on Arkansan's early history and Dollar Line service.
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December 12th, 2015 - Updated Honolulan Page with information on RAF No. 204 Squadron.
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June 20th, 2015 - Added new section on Smith & Johnson Steamship Co. on SS Edwin T. Meredith page.
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May 31st, 2015 - Added new page on SS Edwin T. Meredith (Drop-down under Cape San Juan page).
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May 4th, 2015 - Updated page on Ross E. O'Laughlin including sailings on SS Frank Springer, and also updated Masters, Mates & Pilots lists to include additional officers.
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March 1st, 2015 - Added new pages on USS Dempsey and USS McCalla (Drop-down under Cape San Juan page).
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December 7th, 2014 - Added new pages on SC-654, SC-1048 and YMS-241 (Drop-down under Cape San Juan page). Also added biography of Capt. Herbert Edward Bass in 855th's section on main Cape San Juan page. Updated the Cape's crew list to show additional seamen and those that were later rescued by the Navy and taken to Suva.
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July 6th, 2014 - Added new page on William L. Marcy. Replaced Griffith's bio on Texan page with link to new & improved bio on Marcy's page.
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April 27th, 2014 - Added new biography on Thomas N. Lewis under 'Masters, Mates & Pilots' section.
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April 13th, 2014 - Revised bio on Arkansan's Master Paul R. Jones including a long sought after picture. Also added a bio on Arkansan's 3rd Mate, Joseph L. Martin. Both on 'Aftermath' page. Revised Arkansan's A-H history on 'Arkansan Info' page to include details, plans and adverts relating to her purchase from Dollar.
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March 15th, 2014 - Added new section entitled 'Masters, Mates & Pilots' and first page under this section on Captain Ross E. O'Lauglin Jr.
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January 1st, 2014 - Updated site header and color scheme, added donation page, and made misc. formatting changes throughout.
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December 1st, 2013 - Added new page on SS Montanan.
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October 13th, 2013 - Added new section to Washingtonian page entitled 'Kodaikanal'. This is a major addition to the page and details the voyage home on the USAT Brazil through the eyes of several recent graduates of the Kodaikanal School.
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October 9th, 2013 - Added link on American-Hawaiian page to the company's movie called "Duty to Cargo"
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August 11th, 2013 - Minor updates to Seabury Cook bio on Alaskan page and Nakagawa bio on Washingtonian page.
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May 23rd, 2013 - Added new page on SS Texan.
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March 3rd, 2013 - Updated 'Brazil Group' section on SS Alaskan page. This included mention of ships named in honor of Herrling and Johnson, and information on structure in group photo of survivors.
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January 6th, 2013 - Added new page on SS Ohioan.
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September 15th, 2012 - Added new page on SS Alaskan.
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June 17th, 2012 - Added Phase III of major update to 'Cape San Juan' page. Highlights include expanded section on 253rd, New photos of Cape San Juan, New Photos of survivors, New section for 'The Poem', and tweaks to 'The Attack' and "I-21, Hiroshi Inada' sections.
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May 17th, 2012 - Added new sections on 'Arkansan Info' page titled "City of Baltimore Incident" and "Knoxville City Incident". Modified beginning of "American-Hawaiian Service" section. Also added more info on Geoffrey Blackett and Paul Jones on 'Aftermath' page.
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April 28th, 2012 - Added new page on SS American.
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March 25th, 2012 - Added Phase II of major update to Cape San Juan page, including new sections on the '855th Engineers', '1st Fighter', '253rd Ordnance' and an 'Analysis' of events leading up to the attack and of life saving gear. Also updated 'Walter M Strong' bio with additional info.
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March 11th, 2012 - Added Phase I of major update to Cape San Juan page, including new sections on 'Vessel History', 'Walter M Strong' and 'Hiroshi Inada', plus updates of most existing sections.
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December 19th, 2011 - Added new page on Honolulan. Assorted miscellaneous tweaks here and there.
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November 20th, 2011 - Added partial Merchant Marine crew list for Cape San Juan in her Aftermath section.
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October 15th, 2011 - Major update to Paul R. Jones Bio on 'Aftermath' page. Added new picture of Bernard on 'Bernard Bio' page.
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August 6th, 2011 - Added additional information, photos and links to 'Coloradan' page including Introduction, Repatriation and U-159 & Witte sections. Extensive update made on Colman Raphael Bio on 'Washingtonian' page. Updated info on Robert Conroy on 'Aftermath' page. Replaced photo of Kahuku on 'The Attack' page with better image.
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July 24th, 2011 - Added new dedicated page on the Coloradan.
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July 4th, 2011 - Added many new details of Bernard's training at MNS, including Instructors, description of training cruises, classmates, companies recruiting after graduation. Also updated cruise maps. All on 'Bernard Bio' page.
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June 26th, 2011 - Updated information on Captain Colman Raphael on 'Washingtonian' page. Added new 'In the Works' section to the right and relocated special thanks information to the appropriate sources on the 'Credits & Tools' page.
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May 15th, 2011 - Added new pictures of Arkansan and her 3 sisters in A-H service and updated funnel and flag images on 'Arkansan Info' page. Added new detailed map/key with positions prior to and during attack as well as info and pictures of air attack on U-126 post attack on 'The Attack' page. Added more details and pictures to Introduction and details on Colabee history on 'American-Hawaiian in WWII' page.
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April 2nd, 2011 - Added page on Washingtonian. Added new image of U.S.S. Nantucket on 'Bernard Bio' page.
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March 26th, 2011 - Major update of Sigurd Bentsen on 'Aftermath' page. Misc. tweaks of ages and home towns of Kahuku casualties.
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March 19th, 2011 - Added additional details from U-126 KTB about events leading up to the attack and added map key for attack location map at bottom of page on 'The Attack' page. Added link to photo of Ryo Yei Maru and song on 'Arkansan Info' page. Added post attack photo of Benjamin Ide Wheeler and well as many links to other A-H USMC vessels on 'American-Hawaiian' page. Updated 'Credits & Tools' page.
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February 12th, 2011 - Added additional hat pin image and information on officers, crews, and uniforms to introduction, as well as new images of Alabaman in the 1945 section provided by the Beaumont family, and the Liberty Ships Andrew D. White & George Gershwin on the 'American-Hawaiian' page. Added Pictures of SS Hawaiian on 'Bernard Bio' page. Alphabetized 'Credits & Tools' page and updated with new sources.
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January 16th, 2011 - Added color image of PBM rescue from Collier's Magazine and representative photo of submarine chaser on 'Cape San Juan' page.
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December 5th, 2010 - Updated 'Aftermath' page to include separate sections for Sigurd Bentsen, Donald Lambert and Leo Marchesseault with additional details on all three.
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November 27th, 2010 - Updated 'Arkansan Info' page to include separate section on Dollar Line Service which now includes a new map and details on Margaret Dollar's service in the Pacific during the 1920's and 1930's.
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November 20th, 2010 - Finally solved mystery of how Bernard arrived in Calcutta and when he transferred to Arkansan. See update on 'Bernard Bio' page. Also tweaked Suez section of 'Arkansan Info' page based on this discovery.
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November 6th, 2010 - 2nd phase of Marchesseault update which required re-work of 'The Attack' page to include many additional details. Also tweaked 'Aftermath' page and updated Suez crew information on the 'Arkansan Info' page.
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October 24th, 2010 - Significant update to 'Aftermath' page based on previously unknown letter from Captain Jones to Marchesseault family and breakthrough on the crew list thanks to the Allee family. A second phase of the Marchesseault info will impact 'The Attack' page in a couple weeks.
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August 21st, 2010 - Major update to 'American-Hawaiian in WWII' page with the addition of 50 previously unknown A-H operated ships, including Liberty's, Victory's and C-Types. Updated and added ship summaries where applicable.
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July 24th, 2010 - Added information on loss of SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler on 'American-Hawaiian in WWII' page, along with numerous small updates and improvements.
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July 17th, 2010 - Updated Bernard's section of 'Aftermath' page, including revised map showing image of Conners Road, and update of Arkansan photo to show bulkhead location. Also revised details on Arkansan casualties. Added option to include e-mail address for Comments.
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June 21st, 2010 - Major update to 'Cape San Juan' page based on information provided by Bill Moss' son Chuck. Additional enhancements, such as new images, more details, and adding sources section done as well.
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May 16th, 2010 - Added pictures of A-H Pier 28 on 'Bernard Bio' page, and made other miscellaneous changes.
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May 8th, 2010 - Added new page on SS Cape San Juan under 'American-Hawaiian in WWII' page.
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April 1st, 2010 - Added info on USS Greer, City of Rayville and Steel Seafarer as well as an interactive map of Operation Neuland attacks on 'Historical Perspective' page. Added several more details to 'American-Hawaiian in WWII' page including many ship's masters and updated casualty info on Harrison Gray Otis.
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March 27th, 2010 - Added several references to Arkansan's 2nd Mate, Geoffrey Blackett based on information provided by his son. Also added several more details to 'American-Hawaiian in WWII' page.
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February 7th, 2010 - Multiple changes to 'Arkansan Info' page: Added full set of plans from National Archives along with details about the ships features and construction. Added overall length to specification table. Added new photo of Arkansan in A-H service along with paragraph about the photo. Added paragraph about Chief Mate's cabin moving per Captain Dickie.
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January 30th, 2010 - Revised Arkansan, Colabee and Logan Victory references on 'American-Hawaiian in WWII' page. Updated 'Credits & Tools' page. Added references to Roosevelt "rattlesnake" speech & Steel Seafarer, added newspaper presentation and made miscellaneous small changes to 'Arkansan Info' page.
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January 23rd, 2010 - Added excerpts from "Iron Jaw: A Skipper Tells His Story - Captain Charles N. Bamforth (1895-1975)", that relate to Arkansan's history on the 'Arkansan Info' page.
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January 16th, 2010 - Added color drawings of Arkansan's appearance over the years on the 'Arkansan Info' page.
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January 1st, 2010 - Added page on American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. during World War 2.
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November 16th, 2009 - Made improvements to the maps on 'The Attack' page to show German location grids. Also added paragraph about Arkansan's antenna. Modified Bernard's section on 'Aftermath' page to take into account tween decks.
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October 31st, 2009 - Revised maps on Attack page to include overview at beginning and detail at the end.
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October 28th, 2009 - Added picture of medal awarded to Robert Dollar on Arkansan Info page. Also added 'previous' and 'next' links to the bottom of each page.
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October 20th, 2009 - Updated information on Merchant Marine work shifts in Bernard's section of the Aftermath page. Updated U-Boat vs Allied losses chart at the bottom of the Historical Perspective page based on latest updates this week to the uboat.net site.
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October 11th, 2009 - Major update to Arkansan's early history with an interesting twist on the Arkansan Info page. Also added photos of Salem War Memorial on Bernard's section of the Aftermath page.
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October 3rd, 2009 - Updated USS Pastores picture on Aftermath page to closest photo available to date of rescue.
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August 28th, 2009 - Revised Schweichel portion of Aftermath page and added interactive map.
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July 26th, 2009 - Phase 2 of additions from meeting with Rodman Dickie. 'Arkansan Info' page updated, as well as Bernard E Conners and Paul R. Jones sections of 'Aftermath' page.
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July 24th, 2009 - Phase 1 of additions from meeting with Rodman Dickie, all on 'Arkansan Info' page.
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July 14th, 2009 - Added more details and pictures of Bernard's training on the 'Bernard Bio' page based on information provided by Capt. George W. Duffy (MNS class of 41).
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