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When a Liberty Ship Vanished: The John Burke's Silent Explosion
When a Liberty Ship Vanished: The John Burke's Silent Explosion
The sea swallowed a Liberty ship whole in less time than a breath: the SS John Burke went from present to nonexistent, leaving no large wreckage and no bodies from sixty-eight men in 1,500-foot-deep water - so how did an entire ship simply cease to exist? With eyewitnesses misidentifying a torpedo and no survivor testimony, the single unresolved question is what actually tore her apart that morning.
In this episode, we lay out the documented sequence: the John Burke’s rapid construction and service life, her loaded cargo for the…
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