Fatal Attack

1945 200 miles Leyte, In transit between Tinian and Leyte, PHILIPPINES

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1945

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

200 miles Leyte, In transit between Tinian and Leyte, PHILIPPINES

🌍 PHILIPPINES

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

About 300 crew perished during the sinking, the remainder abandoned ship. Many who survived the loss of the ship were taken by sharks. In all, only 316 of her crew of 1,196 survived.

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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