Mariana
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| Name | Mariana | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.110 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Newport News VA | ||
| Owner | New York & Puerto Rican SS Co (Agwilines Inc), New York | ||
| Homeport | New York | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer) | ||
| Position | 22.14N, 71.23W - Grid DN 5695 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (36 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Guanica, Puerto Rico - Boston | ||
| Cargo | Sugar | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.44 hours on 5 Mar, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed Mariana (Master Ivan Elroy Hurlstone) was hit aft of the mast by one torpedo from U-126 off Turks Island and sank within five minutes. The crew of eight officers and 28 crewmen all perished. | ||
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