Propaganda is as old as conflict itself. Propagandize was used in World War Two to ensure push for an increase in recruitment numbers, especially in coastal towns such as Halifax, Nova Scotia.
For 70 Years the deaths of 300 US Navy sailors have been buried in the propaganda of the time. The
USS Ingraham, which was launched in 1941, was escorting two Canadian troop transports and a larger supply convoy on its way towards England, when on August 22nd 1942 is sank off of Sable Island, known as the Maritime Graveyard of the Atlantic.
It was not Sable island that caused the sinking, but a false U-Boat scare that led the
USS Ingraham and
USS Buck to begin a cross-search and destroy pattern. In the fog and darkness of the North Atlantic, the
Buck's bow was hit by the troop transport
Awatea and almost simultaneously, the oil tanker
Chemung t-boned the
Ingraham, causing the
Ingraham to sink instantly killing all by 11 of its crew. As the
Ingraham sank, the unlocked depth charges on its deck exploded, killing many of the survivors in the water.
Until recently, thanks to a
National Post investigation the
Ingraham was thought to have been hit by a torpedo while protecting the
Awatea. There are no specific memorials to the
USS Ingraham in Halifax - the port it last sailed from.
You can read the entire report here:
