Delfina
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| Name | Delfina | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.480 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Hanlon Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co, Oakland CA | ||
| Owner | A.H. Bull & Co Inc, New York | ||
| Homeport | Baltimore | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-172 (Carl Emmermann) | ||
| Position | 20.20N, 67.07W - Grid DO 7436 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (4 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | San Juan, Puerto Rico (4 Jun) - Charleston, South Carolina | ||
| Cargo | Raw sugar | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.08 hours on 5 Jun, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed Delfina (Master Jake Jacobs) was hit by one torpedo from U-172 about 100 miles north of San Juan. The torpedo struck between the #3 hold and the boiler room on the port side, causing the ship to sink bow first after ten minutes. The radio operator sent a SOS and received an acknowledgment from a San Juan radio station. The inexperienced crew of eight officers and 23 men abandoned ship in a chaotic manner. A single boat was launched, but they put it into the water in such a way that it filled half-way with water. The boat then quickly pulled away without waiting for others. Twelve crew members abandoned ship in two rafts and were picked up by the American patrol craft USS PC-67 18 hours after the attack. The other 15 men landed at Montecristi, Dominican Republic. The first assistant engineer, chief mate, third mate and the radio operator died. | ||
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