Battle of Atlantic Off NC Coast-- April 1942: Another Big Day for the U-boats

On April 7th, the U-552 sank two ships and U-754 sank one off the North Carolina coast. Two days later, the 552, 160 and 203 added three more. At least six German U-boats (123, 754, 572, 552, 160 and 260) were operating. //// Ships sunk on April 9th: ATLAS, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552, 2 killed. //// MALCHANCE, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-160. 1 killed. //// SAN DELFINO, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-203, 28 killed. //// Total ships sunk in the first nine days of April by U-boats: 11 ships. One each by the U-123, 203 and 572; two each by U-754 and 160 and four by the U-552. //// I sure don't think I would have liked to be on a torpedoed tanker, something about exploding cargo to have to worry about in addition to the torpedo. //// Big-Time War Off the Coast. --GreGen