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Indian Ocean Places & Things Named forU.S. Politicians

The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 at Terminal Island,Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in the Arabian Sea)was named forAlbertGallatin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Pierce Butler (built 1942 at Baltimore Maryland;torpedoed and lost 1942 in the Indian Ocean) was named forPierceButler.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Manasseh Cutler (built 1943 at Portland Oregon;torpedoed and lost 1943 in the Gulf of Aden) was named forManassehCutler.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry C. Wallace (built 1943 at Terminal Island,California; sold and renamedSS California Sun; afterexplosion and fire, sank in Indian Ocean, 1967) was originally namedforHenryCantwell Wallace.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George C. Childress (built 1943 at Houston, Texas;sold and renamedSS K. Hadjipateras; sunk during a storm inthe Bay of Bengal, 1967) was originally named forGeorgeC. Childress.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 at Terminal Island,California; torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean, 1943) was namedforHenryKnox.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Drayton (built 1942 at Wilmington, NorthCarolina; torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean, 1943) was named forJohnDrayton.

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