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.

Friday, March 7, 2014

U-boats Off the North Carolina Coast: March 1942-- Part 4: Good Hunting

Continuing with the list of Allied ships sunk off the coast of North Carolina during March 1942. And this list is just the ships sunk off the North Carolina shore. Ships were being sunk all up and down the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. //// March 15th: ARIO-- tanker, sunk by the U-158; 8 killed. //// March 15th: CEIBA freighter (also shown as sunk by the same sub on March 17th), freighter, off Nags Head by U-124; 44 killed. //// March 16th: AUSTRALIA-- tanker, sunk by U-332; 4 killed. //// March 18th: E.M. CLARK-- tanker, sunk by the U-124; 1 killed. //// March 18th: PAPOOSE-- tanker, sunk by U-124; 2 killed. //// March 17th: KASSANDRA LUOLOUDIS-- freighter, sunk by U-124. //// That U-124 was having a good week. GreGen

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