Chronology of World War II

Monday, June 29


SS Thomas McKean Torpedoed by U-boat


SS <i>Thomas McKean</i> Torpedoed by U-boat
SS Thomas McKean, US flag with planes visible on deck, being sunk by U-505 Loewe on June 29, 1942. Her master was later sunk in the Bahamas while returning to the US on Onandoga.