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<tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr>
<tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;color:inherit;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Meriwether Lewis</i></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="Meriwether_Lewis" title="Meriwether Lewis">Meriwether Lewis</a></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>19 May 1941</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>19 October 1941</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Torpedoed by <a href="German_submarine_U-634" title="German submarine U-634"><i>U-634</i></a> 3 March 1943</td></tr>
<tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">Cargo ship</a></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>10,856&nbsp;tonnes <a href="Deadweight_tonnage" title="Deadweight tonnage">deadweight</a> (DWT)<sup id="cite_ref-davies_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>14,245 tons<sup id="cite_ref-davies_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>135&nbsp;m (441&nbsp;ft 6&nbsp;in)</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>17.3&nbsp;m (56&nbsp;ft 10.75&nbsp;in)</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>8.5&nbsp;m (27&nbsp;ft 9.25&nbsp;in)</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;">
<li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Two oil-fired boilers,</li>
<li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">triple-expansion steam engine,</li>
<li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">single screw, 2,500&nbsp;<a href="Horsepower" title="Horsepower">horsepower</a> (1,864&nbsp;kW)</li>
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<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>11 to 11.5&nbsp;<a href="Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (20 to 21&nbsp;km/h)</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>23,000&nbsp;miles (37,000&nbsp;km)</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>41 men</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>Stern-mounted 4-in (102 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of <a href="Anti-aircraft_guns" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft guns">anti-aircraft guns</a></td></tr>
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<p>The <b>SS <i>Meriwether Lewis</i></b> (Hull Number <b>170</b>) was a <a href="Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ship</a> built in the <a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a> during <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was named after <a href="Meriwether_Lewis" title="Meriwether Lewis">Meriwether Lewis</a>, an American explorer who, along with <a href="William_Clark_(explorer)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Clark (explorer)">William Clark</a>, led the <a href="Corps_of_Discovery" title="Corps of Discovery">Corps of Discovery</a> which explored the <a href="American_West" class="mw-redirect" title="American West">American West</a>.
</p><p>The ship was laid down on 19 May 1941, then launched on 19 October 1941.
She was operated by the <a href="American_Mail_Line" title="American Mail Line">American Mail Line</a> under <a href="Chartering_(shipping)" title="Chartering (shipping)">charter</a> with the <a href="Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> and <a href="War_Shipping_Administration" title="War Shipping Administration">War Shipping Administration</a>. On February 7, 1943, the ship left New York as part of <a href="Convoy" title="Convoy">convoy</a> <a href="HX_convoys" title="HX convoys">HX 227</a>, "bound for the United Kingdom and then to <a href="Murmansk" title="Murmansk">Murmansk</a>, Russia."<sup id="cite_ref-Braving_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Braving-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="German_Navy" title="German Navy">German Navy</a>, in the early morning of March 2, she was identified as a straggler separated from her convoy; an initial attack by <a href="German_submarine_U-759" title="German submarine U-759"><i>U-759</i></a> failed due to engine problems.<sup id="cite_ref-Braving_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Braving-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>U-759</i> then contacted <a href="German_submarine_U-634" title="German submarine U-634"><i>U-634</i></a>, leading it to SS <i>Meriwether Lewis</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Braving_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Braving-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of four initial torpedoes stopped her; the second of two more torpedoes detonated the ship's ammunition cargo.<sup id="cite_ref-Braving_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Braving-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She sank in the <a href="North_Atlantic_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a> on 3 March 1943, southwest of Iceland at position <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">
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</style><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:62.166666666666664,-28.416666666666668"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">62°10′N</span> <span class="longitude">28°25′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">62.167°N 28.417°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">62.167; -28.417</span></span></span></a></span></span>.
</p><p>By the time <a href="USCGC_Ingham_(WHEC-35)" title="USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)">USCGC&nbsp;<i>Ingham</i></a> arrived at the site of the attack, all that was found was a 30-mile line of floating tires.<sup id="cite_ref-Braving_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Braving-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were no survivors from her crew.
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</style><div id="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_March_1943619" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_March_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in March 1943">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap">2 Mar: <a href="SS_Kyokusei_Maru" title="SS Kyokusei Maru"><i>Kyokusei Maru</i></a>, </span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">3 Mar: <i><a href="Aiyo_Maru" title="Aiyo Maru">Aiyo Maru</a></i>, <a href="Japanese_destroyer_Arashio" title="Japanese destroyer Arashio"><i>Arashio</i></a>, <a href="German_ship_Doggerbank" title="German ship Doggerbank"><i>Doggerbank</i></a>, <a href="Japanese_transport_Kembu_Maru" title="Japanese transport Kembu Maru"><i>Kembu Maru</i></a>, <a href="Japanese_transport_ship_Oigawa_Maru" title="Japanese transport ship Oigawa Maru"><i>Oigawa Maru</i></a>, <a href="Japanese_destroyer_Shirayuki_(1928)" title="Japanese destroyer Shirayuki (1928)"><i>Shirayuki</i></a>, <a href="Sin-ai_Maru_(1921)" title="Sin-ai Maru (1921)"><i>Sin-ai Maru</i></a>, <a href="MS_Stag_Hound_(1941)" title="MS Stag Hound (1941)"><i>Stag Hound</i></a>, <a href="Taimei_Maru_(1936)" title="Taimei Maru (1936)"><i>Taimei Maru</i></a>, <a href="Teiyo_Maru_(1924)" title="Teiyo Maru (1924)"><i>Teiyo Maru</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">4 Mar: <a href="Japanese_destroyer_Asashio_(1936)" title="Japanese destroyer Asashio (1936)"><i>Asashio</i></a>, <a href="SS_City_of_Pretoria" title="SS City of Pretoria"><i>City of Pretoria</i></a>, <a href="SS_Marietta_E" title="SS Marietta E"><i>Marietta E</i></a>, <a href="Japanese_destroyer_Tokitsukaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (1939)"><i>Tokitsukaze</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-87_(1941)" title="German submarine U-87 (1941)"><i>U-87</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">5 Mar: <a href="SS_Empire_Tower" title="SS Empire Tower"><i>Empire Tower</i></a>, <a href="USS_Grampus_(SS-207)" title="USS Grampus (SS-207)">USS&nbsp;<i>Grampus</i></a>, <a href="Japanese_destroyer_Minegumo_(1937)" title="Japanese destroyer Minegumo (1937)"><i>Minegumo</i></a>, <a href="Japanese_destroyer_Murasame_(1935)" title="Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935)"><i>Murasame</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">8 Mar: <a href="SS_'s_Jacob" title="SS 's Jacob">'<i>s Jacob</i></a>, <a href="SS_James_B._Stephens" title="SS James B. Stephens"><i>James B. Stephens</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-156_(1941)" title="German submarine U-156 (1941)"><i>U-156</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">9 Mar: <a href="SS_Fort_Battle_River" title="SS Fort Battle River"><i>Fort Battle River</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">10 Mar: <a href="SS_Nailsea_Court_(1936)" title="SS Nailsea Court (1936)"><i>Nailsea Court</i></a>, <a href="SS_Richard_Bland" title="SS Richard Bland"><i>Richard Bland</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-633" title="German submarine U-633"><i>U-633</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">11 Mar: <a href="HMS_Harvester_(H19)" title="HMS Harvester (H19)">HMS&nbsp;<i>Harvester</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-432" title="German submarine U-432"><i>U-432</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-444" title="German submarine U-444"><i>U-444</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">12 Mar: <a href="HMS_Lightning_(G55)" title="HMS Lightning (G55)">HMS&nbsp;<i>Lightning</i></a>, <a href="HMS_Turbulent_(N98)" title="HMS Turbulent (N98)">HMS&nbsp;<i>Turbulent</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-130_(1941)" title="German submarine U-130 (1941)"><i>U-130</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">13 Mar: <a href="SS_Clan_Alpine_(1918)" title="SS Clan Alpine (1918)"><i>Clan Alpine</i></a>, <a href="RMS_Empress_of_Canada_(1920)" title="RMS Empress of Canada (1920)"><i>Empress of Canada</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-163_(1941)" title="German submarine U-163 (1941)"><i>U-163</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">14 Mar: <a href="HMS_Thetis_(N25)" title="HMS Thetis (N25)">HMS <i>Thunderbolt</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">15 Mar: <a href="USS_Triton_(SS-201)" title="USS Triton (SS-201)">USS&nbsp;<i>Triton</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">16 Mar: <a href="SS_Benjamin_Harrison" title="SS Benjamin Harrison"><i>Benjamin Harrison</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">19 Mar: <a href="SS_Lulworth_Hill" title="SS Lulworth Hill"><i>Lulworth Hill</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-5_(1935)" title="German submarine U-5 (1935)"><i>U-5</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-384" title="German submarine U-384"><i>U-384</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">21 Mar: <a href="Soviet_submarine_K-3_(1938)" title="Soviet submarine K-3 (1938)"><i>K-3</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-163_(1941)" title="German submarine U-163 (1941)"><i>U-163</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">22 Mar: <a href="German_submarine_U-524" title="German submarine U-524"><i>U-524</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-665" title="German submarine U-665"><i>U-665</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">23 Mar: <a href="Italian_submarine_Delfino_(1930)" title="Italian submarine Delfino (1930)"><i>Delfino</i></a>, <a href="RMS_Windsor_Castle_(1921)" title="RMS Windsor Castle (1921)"><i>Windsor Castle</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">24 Mar: <a href="Bungsberg_(ship)" title="Bungsberg (ship)"><i>Bungsberg</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">25 Mar: <a href="German_submarine_U-469" title="German submarine U-469"><i>U-469</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">27 Mar: <a href="HMS_Dasher_(D37)" title="HMS Dasher (D37)">HMS&nbsp;<i>Dasher</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-169" title="German submarine U-169"><i>U-169</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">28 Mar: <i><a href="Caterina_Costa" title="Caterina Costa">Caterina Costa</a></i>, <a href="SS_Ceuta_(1929)" title="SS Ceuta (1929)"><i>Ceuta</i></a>, <i><a href="USS_Dale_(DD-290)" title="USS Dale (DD-290)">Masaya</a></i>, <i><a href="Suwa_Maru" title="Suwa Maru">Suwa Maru</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">29 Mar: <a href="German_submarine_U-77_(1940)" title="German submarine U-77 (1940)"><i>U-77</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">30 Mar: <a href="SS_Empire_Bowman" title="SS Empire Bowman">SS&nbsp;<i>Empire Bowman</i></a>, <a href="German_submarine_U-416" title="German submarine U-416"><i>U-416</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="French_submarine_Sir%C3%A8ne_(Q123)" title="French submarine Sirène (Q123)"><i>Sirène</i></a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap">8 Mar: <a href="Japanese_submarine_Ro-103" title="Japanese submarine Ro-103"><i>Ro-103</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">13 Mar: <a href="USS_R-6" title="USS R-6">USS&nbsp;<i>R-6</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">19 Mar: <a href="HMS_Derwent_(L83)" title="HMS Derwent (L83)">HMS&nbsp;<i>Derwent</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="USS_Scorpion_(SS-278)" title="USS Scorpion (SS-278)">USS&nbsp;<i>Scorpion</i></a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_1942" title="List of shipwrecks in 1942">1942</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_1942" title="List of shipwrecks in 1942"></a></span> <a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in 1943">1943</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944"></a></span> <a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944">1944</a> <br><a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_February_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in February 1943">February 1943</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_February_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in February 1943"></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_April_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in April 1943"></a></span> <a href="List_of_shipwrecks_in_April_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in April 1943">April 1943</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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