From the June 19, 2005 U-boat.net.
Listed some German blockade-runners including the Odenwald. Others listed were the Ramses, Rhakotis and Tannefells.
From Warsailors.com:
The Odenwald was a German ship of 6054 tons. It left Yokohama, Japan, 8-21-41 heading for Bordeaux, France. It was captured 10-9-41.
From US Navy photo:
Photo of the captured ship showing the USS Omaha's crew poses with a German swastika flag and with life rings with the name Odenwald-Hamburg and Wilmotto-Philadelphia.
From sixtant.net: WWII in the South Atlantic:
The Odenwald was built in 1923 and had just left Trinidad in the Caribbean when it was captured. Along with the 45 man crew, it was carrying 3,857 tons of crude rubber, 102 Goodrich auto tires, 97 tons of tannic acid, 360 tons of brass, half a ton of hair (hair?), 545 tons of oats, 900 tons of peanuts and 7 tons of oatmeal. (Goodyear Tires?)
I imagine the crude rubber came from ally Japan and the rest probably from Trinidad.
Just the Facts. --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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