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PETER N. CHUNOSOFF

    Cadet Peter N. Chunosoff was a deck cadet aboard the SS Alcoa Pilgrim.  The ship was struck by a torpedo at 0100 CGT on May 28, 1942 in the engine room on the starboard side.  The torpedo was launched by the U-558 (Krech). This caused the ship to sink faster than a distress could get out.  Nor were the liferafts launced.  Nine survivors got aboard two liferafts that were set free and picked up at 2000 on June 2 by the SS Thomas Nelson.     .

    The U-558 was later sunk by a B-24 Liberator in the Bay of Biscay on July 20, 1943