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situation much more finely balanced and the logical outcome ought to have been impartial military trade sanctions against both belligerents. However, the US economy was already heavily committed to producing military supplies for the British, while American support for one side or the other was likely to prove decisive in choosing the eventual victor.
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attempted to ram the submarine, which submerged but fired a torpedo at the tanker. Von Rosenberg reported that he had seen a tanker under escort by ships flying the white ensign and had seen no flag on the escorted ship. After firing the torpedo, he sighted a US flag on the tanker, so broke off the
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on 7 May, a British ship but carrying American passengers who drowned, president Wilson made a forceful response to Germany. In June, Bryan resigned and was replaced by Lansing. Despite his belligerent formal advice, Lansing's private papers suggest that he considered the rights and wrongs of the
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was not carrying any additional markings painted on the hull to make clear her nationality, which other ships were then doing. The report also suggested that the tanker being stopped and then slowed down by the accompanying patrol had made her an accessible target. The Admiralty report was not
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The three deaths were the only Americans killed as a result of attacks on American ships by German submarine until 16 March 1917, when diplomatic relations had irreparably broken down just before the declaration of war. American official reaction to the incident was determined by President
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second officer, Paul Bowers, reported sighting a submarine ahead some 28 minutes before the ship was hit. He reported this to the captain who decided that the submarine must be British, as the escorts had not reacted to its presence. The submarine was visible for five minutes and then
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Of the 38 crew, there were three fatalities. The captain had suffered a heart attack and two crew members were reported lost when they jumped overboard after the torpedo hit. She was the first American ship to be torpedoed during
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Ralph Smith, previously first officer, was now invited to inspect the ship, which was examined by divers and had a large hole in the starboard bow. Smith and the first engineer remained with
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and became the center of a diplomatic incident which moved the United States closer to war with Germany. The ship survived the attack but was eventually sunk in 1942 by torpedo attack in
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During the latter half of the voyage the ships radio operator had heard messages from a British cruiser which judging from the transmission strength had been keeping station with
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Report of the second officer and second engineer printed in 'The Times' state that the two who did not survive were the wireless operator Mr Short and a Spanish seaman.
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a legitimate target by taking her under escort. As an American ship, the submarine would not have attacked had he seen her nationality, but apart from an ordinary flag
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defined in international law. A merchant ship under escort by military vessels forfeited any right to be warned before being attacked, so the patrol ships had made
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s starboard bow. The ship immediately started to sink and shortly the forward deck was awash. The crew abandoned ship and were taken on board by the patrol ship
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was taken ill and died around 3:40 a.m. from a heart attack. The remainder of the crew arrived at St. Mary at 10 a.m. on 2 May.
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commanded by Rosenberg-Gruszczynski on 1 May 1915, despite America being a neutral party in the war at that time. The ship left
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papers and suspected her of refuelling the U-boat, so ordered the tanker to accompany them into port.
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In 1937, the ship was sold to the Nantucket Chief SS Co Inc of Port Arthur, Texas and renamed her
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then proceeded under her own power to Rouen to deliver the remaining cargo. She was then taken to
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on 10 April carrying a cargo of gasoline in the ship's tanks and barrels of lubricating oil to
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Shortly before 1 p.m., a submarine surfaced ahead of the ships and ordered them to stop.
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At 12:50 p.m., an explosion took place sending a column of water into the air alongside
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Forty-Seventh Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Year ended June 30, 1915
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Lansing submitted a memorandum proposing immediate and vigorous protest and coupled with the
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published at the time and official comment did not explain the circumstances.
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did not sink but instead was towed to Crow Bay by patrol vessels.
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while the remainder of the crew were evacuated to Penzance.
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The patrol ships took up station one on either side of
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The chief officer and the chief engineer returned to
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island. At about 2:30 a.m., Captain Gunter from
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Port Arthur, Texas
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
official number
code letters
call sign
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United Kingdom
oil tanker
GRT
NRT
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NHP
triple-expansion engine
screw
GRT
oil tanker
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden, New Jersey
Gulf Oil
World War I
World War II
U-boat
U-30
Port Arthur, Texas
Rouen
Bishop Rock lighthouse
Isles of Scilly

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