Muskogee
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| Name | Muskogee | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7.034 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - F. Schichau GmbH, Elbing, Danzig | ||
| Owner | Muskogee SS Co (Marine Transport Lines Inc), New York | ||
| Homeport | Wilmington | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen) | ||
| Position | 37N, 62W - Grid CB 8314 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (34 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Caripito, Venezuela (13 Mar) - Trinidad - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | 67.265 barrels of heavy crude oil | ||
| History | Built as Triton, 1914 renamed Muskogee | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.57 hours on 22 Mar, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed Muskogee (Master William W. Betts) was hit by one torpedo from U-123 in the engine room and sank within 16 minutes about 450 miles southeast of Bermuda. The ship had been missed by a first torpedo at 17.06 hours. Ten survivors managed to climb on two rafts and were questioned by Hardegen and also photographed before the U-boat left the area. However, none of the seven officers and 27 crewmen survived. | ||
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