Goncalo Coelho
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USS-LSM
119 was built by Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston,
and was launched in November 1944. She was a medium
landing ship for US Navy whosaw little action in world
war two, and was decommissioned in 1946. She was
sold in 1958 to Tidewater Barge Lines
and converted to a freighter and named Tropic Gale. In
1986 she was sold to the Brazilian government and
renamed Goncalo Coelho. After thirteen years of service,
she was deliberately scuttled 29.
December 1999 about eight nautical miles outside
Serrambi in Rio Grande de Sul as an artificial reef. The
wreck rest today on a depth of 15 to 35 meter.
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 Picture: USS LSM 34, sister ship of LSM 119 Courtesy of Uboat.net Last updated: August 2019 |
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