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.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

U-boats Off the North Carolina Coast-- Part 2: February 1942

The second month of U-boat operations. //// Feb. 2: AMERTIKALAND, ore carrier, sunk by the U-106; 29 killed. //// Feb. 8th: OCEAN VENTURE, freighter, sunk by U-108; 32 killed. ///// Feb. 11th: BLINK, freighter, sunk by U-108; 34 killed. //// Feb. 15th: BUARQUE, passenger-freighter, sunk by the U-432. //// Feb. 22nd: OLYMPIC, tanker, sunk bt U-130. //// Feb. 24th: NORLAVORE, freighter, sunk by the U-432; 28 killed. //// Feb. 27th: HALO, tanker, sunk by U-130. //// --GreGen

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