The USS Truxtun, n.d.
The four-stack destroyer USS Truxtun ran aground and sank in Chambers Cove, Newfoundland. Only 46 out of 156 men aboard survived.
Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.213. Cassie Brown Collection.
Truxtun Wreckage, 1942
Only the bow of the Truxtun remained above water in Chambers Cove the following day [February 19th, 1942]. Pinacle Head, a landmark for fishermen, towers darkly over the wreck.
Photo by Ena Farrell Edwards. Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.030. Cassie Brown Collection.
The USS Pollux at the Navy Yard in Boston, 1941
"The supply ship USS Pollux carried 233 men on her last trip. Only 140 of them survived." The photo was taken at the Navy Yard in Boston, October 10, 1941.
Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.184. Cassie Brown Collection.
The USS Pollux at Sea, n.d.
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Bow of the USS Pollux Sinking, February 18, 1942
The bow of the Pollux had just broken off and was disappearing beneath the sea when this rare photo was taken by Donald W. Cady from the port wing of the bridge.
Photo by Donald W. Cady. Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.032. Cassie Brown Collection.
USS Pollux Wreckage, 1942
USS Pollux aground and breaking apart at Lawn Point, near St. Lawrence, NL.
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Pollux Wreck, 1942
"Lifelines, attached to the Pollux rail, still trailed over the ship's side into the oil and wreckage when Ena Farrell took photos of the wreck on Saturday, February 21 [1942]."
Photo by Ena Farrell Edwards. Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.092. Cassie Brown Collection.
Broken Remains of the USS Pollux, n.d.
"The broken remains of the Pollux off Lawn Head. Wreckage and fuel oil fill the cove in the foreground."
>Photo by Ena Farrell Edwards. Image reproduced by permission of Archives and Special Collections, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Coll-115 16.06.137. Cassie Brown Collection.
