Tag: Apr 1942

More on the Virginia Key project. (28 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: B

The U.S. destroyer Sturtevant sinks off the Florida coast after hitting a “loose” mine. (28 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

More on the Virginia Key project. (22 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: B

The oil cargo from a Panamanian tanker aground off the Florida coast is brought to Miami. [Photo] (22 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 3, Section: A

The 10 remaining cannons salvaged from the HMS Winchester will be scrapped. [Photo] (21 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 12, Section: A

Two American ships [Leslie and Korsholm] are torpedoed just offshore Florida [Cape Canaveral]. [Jurgen Rohwer, Axis Submarine Successes 1939-1945, (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983)] (15 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

A Norwegian freighter [Benwood] sinks after colliding with an American tanker [Robert C. Tuttle] in Florida waters [Key West?]. [Photo] [Daniel and Denise Berg, Florida Shipwrecks, (East Rockaway, N. Y.: Aqua Explorers, Inc., 1991)] (12 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 7, Section: E

Officials agree to build a dam in the Miami Canal to stop saltwater infiltration. (8 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: B

Two American ships carrying sugar are torpedoed and sunk between Key West and Havana. (4 Apr 1942)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 2, Section: A