Las Choapas
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| Name | Las Choapas | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 2.005 tons | ||
| Completed | 1898 - Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA | ||
| Owner | Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Tampico | ||
| Homeport | Tampico | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  Mexican | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Hans-Ludwig Witt) | ||
| Position | 20.15N, 96.20W - Grid DK 8299 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (4 dead and 28 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Minatitlan - Tampico | ||
| Cargo | 16000 barrels of crude oil | ||
| History | In December 1941, the Italian Atlas of Ditta G.M. Barbagelata, Genoa was seized by Mexico and renamed Las Choapas. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.25 hours on 27 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Las Choapas (Master Pedro Calderón Lozano) was hit aft by one torpedo from U-129 and sank in flames north of Tecotutla, Vera Cruz. The survivors in three lifeboats were questioned by the Germans, but the U-boat then had to submerge and leave the area when a Catalina aircraft was spotted. | ||
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