SS James Eagan Layne

SS James Eagan Layne

The SS "James Eagan Layne" was a liberty ship sunk during the Second World War off the English coast.

She was built by the Delta Shipbuilding Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1944 and was operated by the US Navigation Company, of New York. She was named after the second engineer of the "Esso Baton Rouge", who was killed when the "Esso Baton Rouge" was sunk by Reinhard Hardegen's "U-123" on 8 April 1942.

The "James Eagan Layne"’s final voyage was to carry 4,500 tons of US Army Engineers equipment from Barry, Wales to Ghent, in Belgium. She also carried motorboats and lumber as deck cargo. She was sighted on 21 March 1945 sailing 12 miles off Plymouth by "U-1195", and torpedoed. [Dive South Cornwall, wreck of JEL, p43, Richard Larn, ISBN0946020256] [Dive Wight and Hampshire, wreck of U-1195, p122, Martine Pritchard and Kendal McDonald, ISBN0946020159] [ [http://www.divernet.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?id=1475&section=5&action=display&show=] DiverNet Wreck Tour: 62, The James Eagan Layne] She was badly damaged, but was taken in tow. She was beached in Whitsand Bay Cornwall, but subsequently settled on the bottom and was declared a total loss. There were no casualties amongst her crew of 69.

The wreck of the has been a popular dive site for many years. [Dive South Cornwall, p43, Richard Larn, ISBN0946020256] It is situated next to the wreck of HMS "Scylla" in 22m of water at coord|50|19.540|N|4|14.723|W|display=inline,title.

References

External links

* [http://www.totnes-bsac.co.uk/wrecks.html Totnes SAC]

See also

* Recreational diving
* Shipwrecks
* List of shipwrecks


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