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Sources also disagree on the number rescued and final death toll. The official history of the ship gives 36 rescued and 336 dead,<ref name=BrazilNavy/> and the ''Navios de Guerra Brasileiros'' gives 36 and 339.<ref name=Poder/>{{refn|These figures contradict other information present in the article. ''Navios'' first says that 339 died of 372 total crewmembers, meaning that 33 survived, but the subsequent sentence states directly that 36 survived.<ref name=Poder/>|group=upper-alpha}} Contemporaneous news articles also published varying numbers; ''The Evening Independent'' stated that the ship carried 383 men, though it did not give any more information.<ref>"Brazilian Cruiser Lost in Explosion," ''Evening Independent'', 9 July 1945, 2.</ref> ''The New York Times'' gave figures of 28 saved and 347 lost,<ref name=NYTSufferings/> while the ''St. Petersburg Times'' gave 32 and 395.<ref>"Brazilian Cruiser Sinks in Atlantic," ''St. Petersburg Times'', 10 July 1945, 3.</ref> Sources do agree that four American sound technicians were killed.<ref name=BrazilNavy/><ref name=Poder/><ref name=NYTAccident>"Brazil Cruiser Sinking Accident," ''The New York Times'', 31 October 1945, 10.</ref> |
Sources also disagree on the number rescued and final death toll. The official history of the ship gives 36 rescued and 336 dead,<ref name=BrazilNavy/> and the ''Navios de Guerra Brasileiros'' gives 36 and 339.<ref name=Poder/>{{refn|These figures contradict other information present in the article. ''Navios'' first says that 339 died of 372 total crewmembers, meaning that 33 survived, but the subsequent sentence states directly that 36 survived.<ref name=Poder/>|group=upper-alpha}} Contemporaneous news articles also published varying numbers; ''The Evening Independent'' stated that the ship carried 383 men, though it did not give any more information.<ref>"Brazilian Cruiser Lost in Explosion," ''Evening Independent'', 9 July 1945, 2.</ref> ''The New York Times'' gave figures of 28 saved and 347 lost,<ref name=NYTSufferings/> while the ''St. Petersburg Times'' gave 32 and 395.<ref>"Brazilian Cruiser Sinks in Atlantic," ''St. Petersburg Times'', 10 July 1945, 3.</ref> Sources do agree that four American sound technicians were killed.<ref name=BrazilNavy/><ref name=Poder/><ref name=NYTAccident>"Brazil Cruiser Sinking Accident," ''The New York Times'', 31 October 1945, 10.</ref> |
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Rescued crewmen believed that they had hit a mine which detonated one of the ship's magazines.<ref name=TimeBrazil/> Vice Admiral Jorge Dodsworth Martins, Brazil's chief of naval intelligence, thought that ''Bahia'' could have been mined or torpedoed by {{GS|U-530||2}},<ref name=NYTSufferings/><ref name=TimeArgentina>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20091007135833/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,803598,00.html Argentina: U-530]," ''Time'', 23 July 1945.</ref> which surrendered under strange circumstances in [[Mar del Plata]], Argentina on 10 July (some two months after Germany's surrender), but the Argentine Naval Ministry stated that it would have been impossible for the submarine to travel from the site of the sinking to Mar del Plata in six days (4–10 July).<ref name=TimeArgentina/>{{refn|Rumors persist today that either ''U-530'' or {{GS|U-977||2}} sank ''Bahia''.<ref>Hernan Etchaleco, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090305221211/http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/02/27/43768_.html Uebersee Sued: The Ultimate Truth about Nazis Fled to South America]," ''Pravda'', 27 February 2003.</ref>|group=upper-alpha}} {{GS|U-977||2}} was also heading to Argentina seeking asylum, and it was also accused of sinking ''Bahia'', but military investigations by the US and Brazilian navies concluded that the cruiser had been sunk due to the gunnery accident.<ref>Rohwer, 2005. p. 423</ref><ref name=NYTAccident/><ref>"Brazilian Cruiser Sunk Explosion Killed 300," ''Toronto Daily Star'', 30 October 1945, 10.</ref> |
Rescued crewmen believed that they had hit a mine which detonated one of the ship's magazines.<ref name=TimeBrazil/> Vice Admiral Jorge Dodsworth Martins, Brazil's chief of naval intelligence, thought that ''Bahia'' could have been mined or torpedoed by {{GS|U-530||2}},<ref name=NYTSufferings/><ref name=TimeArgentina>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20091007135833/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,803598,00.html Argentina: U-530]," ''Time'', 23 July 1945.</ref> which surrendered under strange circumstances in [[Mar del Plata]], Argentina on 10 July (some two months after Germany's surrender), but the Argentine Naval Ministry stated that it would have been impossible for the submarine to travel from the site of the sinking to Mar del Plata in six days (4–10 July).<ref name=TimeArgentina/>{{refn|Rumors persist that either ''U-530'' or {{GS|U-977||2}} sank ''Bahia''.<ref>Hernan Etchaleco, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090305221211/http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/02/27/43768_.html Uebersee Sued: The Ultimate Truth about Nazis Fled to South America]," ''Pravda'', 27 February 2003.</ref>|group=upper-alpha}} {{GS|U-977||2}} was also heading to Argentina seeking asylum, and it was also accused of sinking ''Bahia'', but military investigations by the US and Brazilian navies concluded that the cruiser had been sunk due to the gunnery accident.<ref>Rohwer, 2005. p. 423</ref><ref name=NYTAccident/><ref>"Brazilian Cruiser Sunk Explosion Killed 300," ''Toronto Daily Star'', 30 October 1945, 10.</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |