Listing of Vessels Torpedoed by U-boats Off NC, 1942-45

I just spent a few hours putting this information together and typing it up. David Stick's Graveyard of the Atlantic has a listing I have used for research before, but he does not distinguish why vessels sank. Thankfully, Uboat.net has assembled an amazing database of information from an array of sources. Using this information and Stick's list, I have thus created this listing. To sum up the data, U-boats sank 78 vessels, damaged 18, and killed 1,716 persons in the waters off North Carolina.

To make life easier (since the spacing is not working on blogger) I have turned this into a PDF file for download on Scribd.

Database of Ships Torpedoed by German U-boats off North Carolina, 1942 – 1945

Name Type Date Result Killed

Acme Tanker 17 March 1942 Damaged 11

Agra Cargo 20 April 1942 Sunk 6

Albert F. Paul Schooner 13 March 1942 Sunk 8

Alcoa Guide Cargo 17 April 1942 Sunk 6

Allan Jackson Tanker 18 January 1942 Sunk 22

Amerikaland Cargo 3 February 1942 Sunk 5

Anna Cargo 3 June 1942 Sunk 0

Arabutan Cargo 7 March 1942 Sunk 1

Ario Tanker 15 March 1942 Sunk 8

Ashkhabad Cargo 30 April 1942 Sunk 0

USS Atik Q-Ship 27 March 1942 Sunk 141

Atlantic Sun Tanker 21 March 1942 Damaged 0

Atlas Tanker 9 April 1942 Sunk 2

Australia Tanker 16 March 1942 Sunk 4

Axtell J. Byles Tanker 19 April 1942 Damaged 0

HMS Bedfordshire A/S Trawler 12 May 1942 Sunk 37

Belgian Airman Cargo 14 April 1945 Sunk 1

Bidwell Tanker 6 April 1942 Damaged 1

Blink Cargo 12 February 1942 Sunk 24

Bris Cargo 21 April 1942 Sunk 5

British Freedom Tanker 27 June 1942 Damaged 0

British Resource Tanker 14 March 1942 Sunk 45

British Splendour Tanker 7 April 1942 Sunk 12

Buarque Cargo 15 February 1942 Sunk 1

Byron D. Benson Tanker 5 April 1942 Sunk 10

Caribsea Cargo 11 March 1942 Sunk 21

Ceiba Cargo 17 March 1942 Sunk 44

Chenango Cargo 21 April 1942 Sunk 31

Ciltvaira Cargo 19 January 1942 Sunk 2

City of Atlanta Cargo 19 January 1942 Sunk 43

City of Birmingham Passenger 1 July 1942 Sunk 9

City of New York Passenger 29 March 1942 Sunk 24

USS Cythera Patrol Yacht 2 May 1942 Sunk 69

Desert Light Cargo 16 April 1942 Sunk 1

Dixie Arrow Tanker 26 March 1942 Sunk 11

E.M. Clark Tanker 18 March 1942 Sunk 1

Empire Dryden Cargo 20 April 1942 Sunk 26

Empire Gem Tanker 24 January 1942 Sunk 49

Empire Thrush Cargo 14 April 1942 Sunk 0

Ensis Tanker 4 April 1942 Damaged 0

Equipoise Cargo 27 March 1942 Sunk 41

Esso Nashville Tanker 21 March 1942 Damaged 0

George Ade Cargo 12 September 1944 Damaged 0

Halo Tanker 27 January 1944 Damaged 0

Harpagon Cargo 20 April 1942 Sunk 41

Harry F. Sinclaire, Jr. Tanker 11 April 1942 Damaged 10

J.A. Mowinckel Tanker 15 July 1942 Damaged 2

John D. Gill Tanker 13 March 1942 Sunk 23

Kassandra Louloudis Cargo 18 March 1942 Sunk 0

Katy Tanker 23 April 1942 Damaged 0

Koll Tanker 6 April 1942 Sunk 3

Kollskegg Tanker 6 April 1942 Sunk 4

Lady Drake Passenger 5 May 1942 Sunk 12

Lady Hawkins Passenger 19 January 1942 Sunk 251

Lancing Whaling Ship 7 April 1942 Sunk 1

Leif Cargo 28 February 1942 Sunk 15

Liberator Cargo 19 March 1942 Sunk 5

Libertad Cargo 4 December 1943 Sunk 25

Liebre Tanker 2 April 1942 Damaged 9

Ljubica Matkovic Cargo 24 June 1942 Sunk 0

Major Wheeler Cargo 6 February 1942 Sunk 35

Malay Tanker 19 January 1942 Damaged 5

Malchace Cargo 9 April 1942 Sunk 1

Manuela Cargo 25 June 1942 Sunk 2

Margaret Cargo 14 April 1942 Sunk 29

Marore Cargo 27 February 1942 Sunk 0

Naeco Tanker 23 March 1942 Sunk 24

Narragansett Tanker 25 March 1942 Sunk 49

Nordal Cargo 25 June 1942 Sunk 0

Norvana Cargo 19 January 1942 Sunk 29

Oakmar Cargo 20 March 1942 Sunk 6

Olean Tanker 15 March 1942 Damaged 6

Olympic Tanker 22 January 1942 Sunk 35

Otho Cargo 3 April 1942 Sunk 32

Panam Tanker 4 May 1943 Sunk 2

Papoose Tanker 19 March 1942 Sunk 2

Pleasantville Cargo 8 June 1942 Sunk 2

USS Plymouth Gunboat 5 August 1943 Sunk 70

Rio Blanco Cargo 1 April 1942 Sunk 19

San Delfino Tanker 10 April 1942 Sunk 28

San Gerardo Tanker 31 March 1942 Sunk 51

Stanvac Melbourne Tanker 12 April 1942 Damaged 3

Steel Maker Cargo 20 April 1942 Sunk 1

Svenør Tanker 27 March 1942 Sunk 8

Tamaulipas Tanker 10 April 1942 Sunk 2

Tamesis Cargo 26 June 1942 Damaged 0

Tolosa Cargo 9 February 1942 Sunk 22

Ulysses Passenger 11 April 1942 Sunk 0

Venore Cargo 24 January 1942 Sunk 17

Victolite Tanker 11 February 1942 Sunk 47

Victoria Tanker 18 April 1942 Damaged 0

W.E. Hutton Tanker 19 March 1942 Sunk 13

West Ivis Cargo 26 January 1942 Sunk 45

West Notus Cargo 1 June 1942 Sunk 4

William Rockefeller Tanker 28 June 1942 Sunk 0

USS YP-389 A/S Trawler 19 June 1942 Sunk 4