{"id":397,"date":"2011-01-27T02:37:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=397"},"modified":"2023-03-18T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T21:43:32","slug":"the-suicide-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"The Suicide Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After fifty-six years of service on the high seas, the clipper ship <em>Bohemia<\/em> would end its days in &#8220;battle.&#8221; Immortalized on celluloid as a star of the movie &#8220;The Suicide Fleet,&#8221; the aging ship sank in deep water, twenty miles west of Coronado, torpedoed by German &#8220;U-boats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the story of the ship <em>Bohemia<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Suicide-Fleet2.pdf\">the Suicide Fleet<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_401\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/p18397a.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" data-attachment-id=\"401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=401\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/p18397a.jpg?fit=1402%2C1159&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1402,1159\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"p18397a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Bohemia &amp;#8220;under attack.&amp;#8221; Courtesy San Diego Maritime Museum.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/p18397a.jpg?fit=1024%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-401    \" title=\"p18397a\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/p18397a.jpg?resize=472%2C390\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/p18397a.jpg?resize=1024%2C846&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/p18397a.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/p18397a.jpg?w=1402&amp;ssl=1 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bohemia &#8220;under attack.&#8221; Courtesy San Diego Maritime Museum.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; 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