1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 SS Connecticut was a 8684 ton tanker ship built in 1938 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and used for a World War II.

On 28 December 1941, the Connecticut was torpedoed near Cape Disappointment in the Pacific Ocean by I-25 of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The radio operator was able send out a SOS call before the second torpedo hit and blew the ship apart.

Connecticut rest at 22.58 S - 16.05 W. After the war the 16 surviving prisoners made it back home.

[1][2][3][4] The merchant raider Michel was torpedoed and sunk by the US submarine USS Tarpon on 17 October 1943, near Tokyo Bay 290 men went down with the ship, other 116 reached Japan in lifeboats.