Operation PEDESTAL
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Operation PEDESTAL
Today is also significant in Malta, as today was the day that the battered survivors of the convoy, including the tanker SS Ohio, finally made it into Grand Harbour, Valletta. Never forgotten by the Maltese, as the fuel from Ohio enabled the little battered Island to keep fighting at sea and in the air.
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/vi...-convoy.811641
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ohio#Arrival
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/vi...-convoy.811641
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ohio#Arrival
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Always thought the SS Ohio story would make a cracking film
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Yes, to both, she was lashed to another ship to keep her afloat I believe.
I think it was TWO ships tied on - plus a tug - at the end
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Yep hit by a torpedo that went through both sides, the spread also took out two more ships
This is her being hit, the tale tells more
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn...our_torpedoes/
This is her being hit, the tale tells more
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn...our_torpedoes/
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