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TIL the last crews of US Navy to be awarded money for the taking of a vessel were those of the USS Omaha and USS Somers, who “salvaged” the German Blockade Runner Odenwald in Nov 1941. The men of the Boarding Party were given $3,000 each while all the other crewmen received two months pay.

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