C.O. Stillman
C.O. Stillman
| Name | C.O. Stillman | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 13.006 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack | ||
| Owner | Panama Transport Co (Standard Oil Co), Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-68 (Karl-Friedrich Merten) | ||
| Position | 17.33N, 67.55W - Grid ED 1484 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 58 (3 dead and 55 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Aruba - New York | ||
| Cargo | 125.812 barrels fuel oil and 39 tons dry cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.07 hours on 6 Jun, 1942, the unescorted C.O. Stillman (Master Daniel H. Larsen) was struck by one torpedo from U-68 on the starboard side abaft the midship house setting the after end of the house on fire. The engines were secured and the most of the 47 crewmen, eight armed guards and three workaways from other tankers aboard abandoned ship in two lifeboats and four rafts. 20 minutes later another torpedo hit the ship on the starboard side forward of the engine room, showering the deck with fuel oil and debris. The remaining men aboard jumped overboard and swam to the rafts, while the tanker sank within two minutes 60 miles southwest of Puerto Rico. Three crew members were lost. Just before dark on 7 June, the 22 crewmen and three armed guards on the four rafts were picked up by the US Coast Guard patrol boat #83310 after she was notified by an Army aircraft, which had spotted the rafts. On 8 June, they were landed at Ponce, Puerto Rico and were repatriated on the American steam passenger ship Seminole. The two lifeboats drifted until the dawn on 6 June and then set sail for the Dominican Republic. One boat with 17 survivors landed at the Bay of Yuma and the other with 13 survivors at La Romana. | ||
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