Evening star., 1942-04-26
Rescue Ships Crew
Believe They Bagged
Marduding U-Boat
Another ProbobIy Sent
Down; z u. S. Vessels
Sunk in AtIontic
Ly the Associated Press.

/ Ey the Associated Press.
| NORFOLK, Va, April as
Three Axis submarines, in q tor
pedo and Smelling attack, SCI
fire 10 an American cargo pas
senger ship of the Atlantic Coast
Tuesday night in one Of two
sinkings announced today BY
Navy officials. who said A pas
sengers and crewmen were either
lost or not reported from the
two vessels.
Nine passengers and five crew
/ members were missing and pre-
sumed lost from the cargo-passenger
ship. and three men were missing
and ~ others had not been reported
as rescued after a medium sized
cargo ship was sunk Sunday night
Survivors related that the score
was not altogether one-sided and
that one or two of the submersibles
attacking the cargo-passenger were
believed TO have been sunk. Law
renee w. Earle, ls-year-old son Of
Pennsylvania former Governor,
George II. Earle, said he was told by
the crew Of their rescue vessel that
they had certainly destroyed one OF
the raiders and probably another.
Oil and Smoke Spurt Up.
Miguel Marcano, q student at
Louisiana State University, said he
was aboard a rescue ship when It
dropped depth bombs, and when
we saw oil and smoke squirt UP, the
men on the ship grabbed each other
by the shoulders. jumping up and
down. yelling We got one. We got
one"
The IS passengers and IA crew.
men surviving the attack on the
cargo passenger ship were adrift for
i8 hours in six lifeboats before they
were rescued.
Young Earle said Capt, Robert w.
Hart OF Rutherford, N. j., remained
on the bridge and went down with
his ship.
Harry King, jr., Is, of New York,
whose father is a member of the
War Production Board, said he saw
submarines. sometimes two and
sometimes three. following the ship
throughout the day. He was not
particularly concerned, he said,
since the vessel carried no cargo of
military value and the submarines
were close enough to see that
women and children were aboard.
Honeymooners Slightly Hurt.
A honeymooning couple, william
r. Henry, 81, and his 23-year old
bride Blanche escaped with minor
injuries when the torpedo struck
near their cabin.
Earle said there was very little
confusion aboard the ship when the
attack came and that the men were
very courteous" in getting the
women and children in the lifeboats
first.
One of the attacking submarines,
ne related, fired torpedo into the
ships port side just aft of amid
ships and the, raiders waited until
about Is minutes after the last of
the six ifeboats had been launched
before firing about 30 shells into
the vessel. From his lifeboat he
saw two submarines exchanging
signals. The nearer submersible, he
said, was quite large" and had
deck guns fore and aft.
The ship caught fire about an
hour after the attack and was
ablaze from stem to stern before
sinking.
Earle said their rescue ship took
the occupants of two lifeboats
aboard and then raced away to drop
flve or six depth charges" before
returning to take aboard the other
survivors.
Commander Sorry"
Survivors of the cargo ship sunk
Sunday night said on their arrival
here that the undersea raiders COM
mander told them he was sorry
Tor you but We had to torpedo you
because this is war"
Eighteen men of the crew of Al
and one passenger were rescued by
the same ship that picked up sur
vivors of the cargo-passenger YES
sci. Three men were missing and
presumed lost. and q others. after
safely launching lifeboat, had not
been reported to the Navy as res
cued.
The ship was struck by a single
torpedo aft on the port side and
sank about IL minutes later. Deck
Engineer Etbino Villanoya. of
Brooklyn, said he saw two submar-
ines signaling back and forth with
lights after he had taken his posi-
ton in hfeboat,
one OF the submersibles. he said
came within 10 feet of his boat and
the commander, speaking English
with a German accent, asked the
ships name, nationality and ton
mage.
Able Seaman Alex Andrews of
Gary. Ind, said the commander
then said: Good luck. Don't WORRY.
We will send message and you will
be saved"
Villanova said their lifeboat trav-
eled due west for about so miles
before they were rescued three
nights after the attack.
First Assistant Engineer Edward
E. Black of Summit, N. j.. said the
three missing men, whose first
names and addresses he did not
know, were Radio Operator Olsen,
Chief Steward Allen and Oiler Gala
fato.
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