Continuing with ships sunk off Florida during World War II. CC--Cape Canaveral, B-- Boca Raton
5. April 12-- LESLIE-- CC-- freighter with 3,300 tons of sugar-- U-123-- 4 of 32.
6. April 13-- KORSHOLM-- CC-- freighter with 4,953 tons of phosphates-- gunfire from U-123-- 9 of 26.
7. May 1-- LA PAZ-- CC-- freighter-- U-109-- all 57 survived.
8. May 3 at 2:15 AM-- OCEAN VENUS-- CC-- freighter with coal and lumber-- U-564-- 5 of 47.
9. May 3 at 4:45 AM-- LAERTES-- CC-- freighter with planes, tanks hit twice, four minutes apart-- U-109-- 18 of 66.
10. May 4 at 1 PM-- ECLIPSE-- B-- tanker with aviation fuel-- U-564-- 2 of 47.
Some Busy U-Boats. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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