This dive explores the shipwreck of the SS Bloody Marsh, off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia.
Bloody Marsh was a T2-SE-A1 oil tanker built in 1943 in Chester, Pennsylvania, by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. It was on its maiden voyage from Houston to New York with a cargo of 106,496 barrels (4,472,832 gallons) of oil. While steaming off the coast of South Carolina on July 2 1943, a torpedo from U-66 struck the aft port side, destroying the engine room and killing three of the crew. The rest of the crew and armed guards on the vessel boarded life rafts and escaped. A second torpedo struck the port side amidships and broke the tanker in two, sinking it quickly. U-66 surfaced to view the sinking ship and struck one of the lifeboats, knocking the sailors into the sea before leaving the scene.
