Shipwreck - Norlavore | Second World War 1939-1945, scuba diving facility / area

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 Second World War 1939-1945, scuba diving facility / area, shipwreck
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NORLAVORE-Was sunk by German submarine on 2/26/42 .With the loss Of 28 lives.
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Coordinates:   35°5'0"N   75°19'58"W

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  • My Great Grandfather, Earnest Peirce of Manasquan, NJ was 1st Mate of this ship when it was sunk. The family was told that the cargo was fuses and flares.
  • Correction: Ernest Jarrell Pearce was Chief Mate aboard the SS Norlavore, a Merchant Marine vessel. Torpedoed by a German U-boat, the night of February 24, 1942. He was a sea captain all his life, was probably in his early 50's when killed of Cape Hatteras.
  • My great-grandfather was Eduardo Aviles, an AB aboard the Norlavore.
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