City of Atlanta
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| Name | City of Atlanta | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.269 tons | ||
| Completed | 1904 - Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA | ||
| Owner | Ocean SS Co, Savannah GA | ||
| Homeport | Savannah | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen) | ||
| Position | 35.42N, 75.21W - Grid CA 7962 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (43 dead and 3 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Savannah | ||
| Cargo | 2780 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.09 hours on 19 Jan, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed City of Atlanta (Master Lehman Chapman Urquhart) was torpedoed by U-123 about 12 miles south of the Wimble Shoals Buoy and about eight or ten miles off the coast of North Carolina, after Hardegen had spotted the navigational lights of her. The torpedo struck the port side forward of the #3 hold. The ship quickly took a sharp list, making it difficult for the crew of eight officers and 38 crewmen to abandon ship. The vessel rolled over in about ten minutes before any of the four lifeboats could be lowered. The U-boat surfaced on the starboard side, flashed a searchlight to read the name of the ship and left. Only one officer and two men survived by clinging to wreckage and were picked up by the American railway car carrier Seatrain Texas after six hours. | ||
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