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.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The Battle of the Atlantic Off the North Carolina Coast, April 1942-- Part 2
April 6th: BIDWELL, tanker, torpedoed by U-160, 1 killed. //// April 7th: BRITISH SPLENDOUR, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552, 12 killed. //// April 7th: LANCING, whaling factory/tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552, 1 killed. //// April 7th: KOLLSKEGG, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-754, 4 killed. ///// That is seven ships sunk in one day. Tomorrow I'll list the three ships sunk on April 9th, 1942, 72 years ago. //// --GreGen
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