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The Seattle Star
Seattle, King County, Washington
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On June 4, 1918, reports detail German U-boat attacks sinking 11 ships off the US Atlantic Coast in late May and early June, including steamers and schooners carrying passengers, crew, and cargo like sugar valued at $2M; casualties minimal except one lost and one crew presumed dead.
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SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS
IN ATLANTIC COAST RAID
CAROLINA—5,093-ton passenger and freight steamer, owned by the
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co. of New York.
Carried 220
passengers and crew of 120.
Bound from Porto Rico to New York.
Sunk off Sandy Hook, Sunday. Nineteen rescued.
WINNE CONNE—1,569-ton freight steamer, owned by the American
Transatlantic Co. of New York. Carried crew of 28. Sunk off Cape
May, N.J., May 23.
ELBERT L. PRATT—6,000-ton tank steamer, owned by the
Atlantic Refining Co. of Philadelphia. Carried crew of 38. Bound from
Tampico to Philadelphia.
Struck by mine or torpedo yesterday and
beached about five miles south of Overfalls Lightship, off Cape Henlopen, Del. One of crew lost.
TEXAS—3,210-ton steamer, taken from Dutch Corporation by U.S.
shipping board. Carried crew of 36. Bound from the West Indies to an
American port with a sugar cargo, valued at $2,000,000. Sunk without
warning off New York harbor Sunday. Crew landed today.
EDWARD H. COLE—1,791-ton schooner, owned by Crowell & Thurston,
of Boston. Carried crew of 11. Bound from Norfolk to Portland,
Me. Sunk by bombs about 50 miles off Barnegat, N.J., Sunday. Crew
landed at New York.
JACOB M. HASKELL—1,775-ton schooner, owned by Crowell &
Thurston, of Boston. Carried crew of 10. Bound from Boston to Norfolk.
Sunk by shell fire about 10 miles off Barnegat, N.J., Sunday.
ISABEL B. WILEY—611-ton schooner, owned by the Atlas Company
of Philadelphia. Carried crew of eight. Bound from Perth Amboy
to Newport News. Sunk between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles,
May 26.
HATTIE W. DUNN—365-ton schooner, owned by Dunn & Elliott, of
Thomaston, Me. Carried crew of six. Sunk between Cape Henlopen
and Cape Charles, May 26.
IDA—125-ton schooner, owned by C.A. Small, of Machias, Me.
Bound from Philadelphia to Havana. Sunk off Winter Quarter Shoal
Light Ship midway between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles, May 26.
HAUPPAUGE—1,539-ton auxiliary schooner. Carried crew of 10.
SAMUEL W. HATHAWAY—1,035-ton schooner, owned by Crowell
& Thurston of Boston. Carried crew of nine, believed to have been
lost.
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Primary Location
Us Atlantic Coast
Event Date
May 23 To June 3, 1918
Outcome
multiple ships sunk; 19 rescued from carolina; one crew lost from elbert l. pratt; crews landed from texas, edward h. cole, jacob m. haskell; crews believed lost from samuel w. hathaway; other crews rescued or status unspecified.
Event Details
Report of ships sunk by German U-boats during an Atlantic Coast raid, including passenger-freight steamer Carolina (5,093 tons, New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co., 220 passengers and 120 crew, bound Porto Rico to New York, sunk off Sandy Hook Sunday); freight steamer Winne Conne (1,569 tons, American Transatlantic Co., 28 crew, sunk off Cape May, N.J., May 23); tank steamer Elbert L. Pratt (6,000 tons, Atlantic Refining Co., 38 crew, bound Tampico to Philadelphia, struck by mine or torpedo yesterday, beached south of Overfalls Lightship off Cape Henlopen, Del.); steamer Texas (3,210 tons, US shipping board, 36 crew, bound West Indies to American port with $2,000,000 sugar cargo, sunk without warning off New York harbor Sunday); schooner Edward H. Cole (1,791 tons, Crowell & Thurston, Boston, 11 crew, bound Norfolk to Portland, Me., sunk by bombs 50 miles off Barnegat, N.J., Sunday); schooner Jacob M. Haskell (1,775 tons, Crowell & Thurston, Boston, 10 crew, bound Boston to Norfolk, sunk by shell fire 10 miles off Barnegat, N.J., Sunday); schooner Isabel B. Wiley (611 tons, Atlas Company, Philadelphia, 8 crew, bound Perth Amboy to Newport News, sunk between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles, May 26); schooner Hattie W. Dunn (365 tons, Dunn & Elliott, Thomaston, Me., 6 crew, sunk between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles, May 26); schooner Ida (125 tons, C.A. Small, Machias, Me., bound Philadelphia to Havana, sunk off Winter Quarter Shoal Light Ship between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles, May 26); auxiliary schooner Hauppauge (1,539 tons, 10 crew); schooner Samuel W. Hathaway (1,035 tons, Crowell & Thurston, Boston, 9 crew, believed lost).