THU 28 JAN 1943
Mediterranean
German submarines continue operations against stragglers from convoy UGS 4. U-514 resumes attack on freighter Charles C. Pinckney. The freighter is abandoned for a second time, after which time U-514's officers question the survivors. The U-boat then sinks Charles C. Pinckney with gunfire; a storm separates the four boatloads of survivors (see 8 February). U-442 torpedoes and sinks freighter Julia Ward Howe about 175 miles south of the Azores, 35°29'N, 29°10'W, 1 of the 29-man Armed Guard is lost with the ship (see 29 January).
Portuguese destroyer Lima rescues 48 survivors from sunken U.S. freighter City of Flint (see 12 March).
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Julia Ward Howe Sunk, City Of Flint Survivors Rescued
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