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Vanished Between Registers: The Unlogged Loss of Cabedello, 1942
Vanished Between Registers: The Unlogged Loss of Cabedello, 1942
Fear and bafflement: a coal ship leaves Philadelphia on February 14, 1942 with 54 men and simply vanishes - no distress call, no wreckage, and no confirmed submarine claim in Italian naval records. How did a ship built in 1912, with a documented history of groundings, seizures and renamings, stop appearing in Lloyd’s Register with no explanation?
In this episode, we trace the Cabedello’s documented life from launch to disappearance, recounting concrete events and archival gaps that turn a wartime loss into an enduring mystery…
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