SS Norlantic
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| Builder | Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michigan |
| Launched | 24 December 1919 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and scuttled, 13 May 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Design 1099 ship |
| Displacement | 2,606 tons |
| Crew | 29 |
SS Norlantic was an American cargo ship of the Norlasco Steamship Company of New York that was scuttled after being damaged by U-69 in May 1942 with the loss of seven lives. The ship was built as SS Lake Fandango, a Design 1099 ship of the United States Shipping Board (USSB), in 1919 and had also sailed under the name SS Lexington.
Career
Lake Fandango was
In May 1942, Norlantic, loaded with a 3,800-long-ton (3,860 t) general cargo that included cement and steel pipe, sailed from
On the afternoon of 16 May, three days after the attack, the pair of lifeboats was spotted by Netherlands trading schooners India and Mississippi, which took the boats under tow to Bonaire. Eight days later, and 11 days after the attack, two men aboard one of the rafts were rescued by SS Marpesia and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad. The three men on the second raft were finally rescued on 19 June by the tug Crusader Kingston at position 14°2′N 83°13′W / 14.033°N 83.217°W, drifting some 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) from the scene of Norlantic's demise in the 37 days since the sinking.
References
- Allied Ships hit by U-boats: Norlantic at Uboat.net
12°13′N 66°30′W / 12.217°N 66.500°W
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