Tusko

so i have this tiny fraction of a memory in my brain. i think it's the tail end of some program on discovery/history channel i must have napped through some time ago. it's been bugging me for a while.

i've been googling it for some time with no effect.

anyway, it's something about the last casualty of the war. or one of the last casualties. again, i may be wrong and it might well have been the first casualty. I am quite sure this occured in the atlantic.

i seem to recall something about an american ship (navy, not merchant, i believe) which ran into some problems and ended up sinking.

actually, i think now it might have been a tanker of sorts, but again, i'm not sure. i was sure it was navy.

anyway, i don't think it was damaged from enemy fire, but ended up sinking. i can't recall how many were lost, but i know that the story stuck out in my mind because rescue efforts were hampered by oil.

i seem to recall pictures of sailors being rescued from the sea all covered in oil or something.


anyway, i know this is vague. but that's pretty much all the recolelction i have bouncing around in my head. it's a stretch, but crazier things have happened!

anyone have any ideas?