Word: burgenland
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...escorting destroyer Jouett could overtake her, the quarry blew herself up. Next day the sea drama was repeated; still another blockade-runner went to the bottom. The U.S. ships rescued most of the crewmen, presently learned that the vessels they had sunk were the German freighters Rio Grande, Burgenland and Weserland. One unexpected trophy of the chase was several hundred tons of baled rubber, blown free of the ships and floating...