Merrimack
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| Name | Merrimack | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.606 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Co, Duluth MN | ||
| Owner | Merchants & Miners Transportation Co, Baltimore MD | ||
| Homeport | Baltimore | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Harald Gelhaus) | ||
| Position | 19.47N, 85.55W - Grid DL 9567 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (43 dead and 10 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New Orleans - Cristobal | ||
| Cargo | Military supplies | ||
| History | Built as Lake Floris, later renamed Merrimack | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.01 hours on 10 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Merrimack (Master Wilbur Flowers) was torpedoed by U-107 about 60 miles off Cozumel Island, south of the Yucatan Strait. The torpedo struck on the starboard side just forward of the bridge and the ship immediately developed a 20° list to starboard. The engines could not be secured and were running at full speed until the ship sank 38 minutes after the hit. All officers, except the master, and 30 other survivors abandoned ship in one lifeboat because the other was destroyed in the explosion. The boat was sucked into the still turning screw, apparently no one in the boat survived. Some men, including the master abandoned ship by jumping overboard and swimming to rafts. The master, seven crewmen and one armed guard were picked up from two rafts by the USS Borie (DD 215) on 15 June in 20°48N/85°30W, after being spotted by a PBY Catalina flying boat. They were taken to Cristobal, arriving on 19 June. An able seaman was picked up from an raft on 15 June by the steam merchant Argentina and landed at New York on 20 June. | ||
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