Chattanooga City
Photo courtesy of SSHSA Collection, University of Baltimore Library
| Name | Chattanooga City | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,687 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Chickasaw Shipbuilding & Car Co, Chickasaw AL | ||
| Owner | Isthmian SS Co, New York | ||
| Homeport | New York | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-606 ( Hans-Heinrich Döhler) | ||
| Position | 46.53N, 34.32W - Grid BD 5441 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 58 (0 dead and 58 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-166 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - New York | ||
| Cargo | 3500 tons of sand ballast | ||
| History | Completed in September 1921 for US Shipping Board (USSB) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.20 hours on 22 Feb, 1943, U-606 attacked the convoy ON-166 and torpedoed three ships, the Empire Redshank, Chattanooga City and Expositor. The U-boat was lost after the attack. The Chattanooga City (Master Robert C. Forbes) was struck by one torpedo in the center of #4 hold. The explosion bodily lifted the ship out of the water, blew off the hatch covers of the #3 and #4 holds, tore deck booms away and probably severed the main shaft. She quickly listed to starboard and settled rapidly. The order to abandon ship was given two minutes after the hit and water reached the welldeck one minute later. The ship sank by the stern in about 15 minutes. The ten officers, 27 crewmen and 21 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 12pdr and six 20mm guns) cleared the ship in four lifeboats and one raft. They were picked up three hours later by HMCS Trillium (K 172) (Lt P.C. Evans, RCNR). The armed guard officer and ten of his men were transferred to USCGC Spencer (WPG 36) and landed in Argentia, Newfoundland on 27 February. The remaining survivors were landed at St. Johns on 26 February. | ||
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