Julia Ward Howe Sunk, City Of Flint Survivors Rescued
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).
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