sentences:  Every ship struck mines.There were no crewmen lost aboard the Soviet freighter "Rodina" (4441 GRT), the Panamanian-flagged freighter "Exterminator" (6115 GRT), or the American freighter "Hybert" (6120 GRT); but 46 civilian crew and 9 Naval Armed Guards died aboard the American Liberty ship "John Randolph" (7191 GRT) and freighters "Hefron" (7611 GRT) and "Massmar" (5825 GRT); and there were only eight survivors of the 127 men aboard "Niger".Only "Exterminator" could be salvaged.