“For the first time, U-boats became active in the Gulf, evidently under command of men familiar with its shallow waters. Two freighters, one American and one Honduran, were sunk. The United States vessel was chased and shelled by a fast and apparently new submarine painted dark green. After the crew and passengers left the disabled ship, the sub sank her with a torpedo. Then a man on the raider’s deck, stripped to his waist and deeply tanned, called out:”
“Sorry we can’t help you. Hope you get ashore.”
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KEY WORDS: U-507 in the Gulf of Mexico 1942,u-boat activity in the gulf of mexico spring 1942,ONTARIO Honduran freighter sunk by german u-boat may 1942,ALCOA PURITAN american freighter sunk in gulf of mexico spring 1942,
