Thomas Aloysius Boyle

S1c Thomas Aloysius Boyle

Born [date unknown] in New York, United States

Son of George Boyle and Mary Irene (Stinson) Boyle

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 10 Mar 1943 in At Sea

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Biography

Seaman First Class Thomas Boyle served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: 1943
Unit(s): SS James Sprunt
Service ended: 10 Mar 1943 (KIA)

S1c Thomas Boyle was KIA during World War II.

Thomas died at sea during WWII aboard the SS James Sprunt steam merchant. ^[1] At 09.09 hours on 10 March 1943, U-185 attacked the convoy KG-123 for a second time southeast of Guantanamo Bay and torpedoed the James Sprunt (Master Elie Constantine Carr) on her maiden voyage in station #42. The ship had shifted out of position between the third and fourth columns.

James Sprunt

One torpedo struck the vessel and caused her cargo to explode, the ship completely disappeared in 30 seconds. The blast went straight up and sent debris over the entire convoy and was so large that a ship 40 miles away witnessed it. None of the eight officers, 36 crewmen and 25 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in and nine 20mm guns) survived.

Convoy:	KG-123
Route:	Charleston, South Carolina- Key West- Panama Canal- Karachi, India
Cargo:	4000 tons of explosives
Fate:	Sunk by U-185 (August Maus)
Casulties:	(69 dead – no survivors)