Three North Carolina Men Lost When German Sub Torpedoed Ticonderoga, 1918

“10 Officers and 102 Enlisted Men Lost in Sinking of Ticonderoga,” from The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Oct. 21, 1918

Ten officers and 103 enlisted men were lost, two officers were taken prisoner and three officers and five enlisted men were saved in the sinking of the American steamer Ticonderoga by an enemy submarine mid-ocean, September 30, the Navy Department announced Friday night. A number of the enlisted men of the army were aboard the Ticonderoga. No announcement has been made as to the losses among the soldiers.

The Ticonderoga, formerly the German steamer Camilla Rickners, was eastbound and at the time of sinking had dropped behind her convoy because of engine trouble. The vessel was torpedoed without warning and shelled after a white blanket was hosted to the masthead.

Included in the list of officers and men reported missing were:

John Cleveland Brown, Wallace, N.C.

Geo. Legrae Banks, Charleston, S.C.

Jas. McA. Campbell, Hamer, S.C.

Edward L. Davis, Warrenton, N.C.

Geo. Duncan, Columbia, S.C.

Jas. Lineberger, Mt. Holly, N.C.