Live Breaking News & Updates on Bart During Operation Torch

During the naval engagements – known collectively as the Naval Battles of Casablanca and fought from November 8 to 16 – the still incomplete French warship Jean Bart was hit by a total of five aerial bombs as well as shells from the U.S. Navy's South Dakota-class battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59). ....

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