A burial at sea on board the USS Lexington in 1944

Burial at sea

The cruiser U.S.S. Savannah, on fire and down in the bow on September 11, 1943, after a German radio-controlled bomb, known as a Fritz-X, punched through No. 3 turret and detonated belowdecks, killing more than two hundred sailors. No U.S. Navy warship in World War II would be struck by a larger bomb. One witness reported, “That hit wasn’t natural.”


Cruiser down...

The old light cruiser Marblehead in manteinance during the first '30s. DVX