Cocle
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| Name | Cocle | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.630 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Western Pipe & Steel Co, San Francisco CA | ||
| Owner | North Atlantic Transport Co Inc, Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 12 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | 52.37N, 29.13W - Grid AK 9198 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (5 dead and 37 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-92 | ||
| Route | Tyne - Loch Ewe - New York | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Built as American West Cahokia, 1925 renamed Pacific Fir, 1938 renamed Jacob Ruppert for US Maritime Commission, Washington DC. 1941 renamed Cocle and registered in Panama. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.40 hours on 12 May, 1942, the Cocle in convoy ONS-92 was torpedoed and sunk by U-94. 38 survivors were picked up by the British rescue ship Bury, but an injured man later died. | ||
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