Bluefields
Bluefields under her former name Ormidale
| Name | Bluefields | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.063 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp, Manitowoc WI | ||
| Owner | A. Garcia & Cia Ltda, Bluefields | ||
| Homeport | Bluefields | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Jul, 1942 | Nationality:  Nicaraguan | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-576 (Hans-Dieter Heinicke) | ||
| Position | 34.46N, 75.22W - - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 24 (0 dead and 24 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KS-520 | ||
| Route | New York - Hampton Roads - Havana, Cuba | ||
| Cargo | two cars, radio, empty burlap bags and drums of carbide and oil | ||
| History | Built as Norwegian Motor I for K. Salvesen, Oslo. 1917 requisitioned by US Shipping Board at Manitowoc and renamed Lake Mohonk. 1919 sold to Astmahco, New York and renamed Astmahco III. 1921 renamed Ormidale for Ormidale Steamship Corp, Wilmington DE. 1927 sold to Gravel Motorship Corp, Buffalo NY and 1937 to Old Ben Coal Corp, New York. 1938 sold to Honduras and renamed Jupiter for Lisardo Garcia, Puerto Cortes. 1941 sold to Nicaragua and renamed Bluefields. | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 20.20 and 20.25 hours on 15 Jul, 1942, U-576 fired four torpedoes at the convoy KS-520, the first damaged the Chilore, the second damaged the J.A. Mowinckel, the third sank the Bluefields and the fourth missed the second ship. The U-boat was lost after this attack. The both damaged ships later run into a US defensive minefield. The Chilore sank and the J.A. Mowinckel was further damaged, but later repaired. | ||
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