Show BOAT II-BOAT BLASTS CUTTER IN RAIDI RAID I N NEAR FA R ICELAND ICELA ND U U. S. S Navy Forced J To Sink Own i 1 Floundering Ship ISTAD Curacao o Feb 23 UP The Panamanian tanker anker Thalia ThaUa was torpedoed Monday near the islands about miles off Aruba the Dutch news neus agency Aneta re re- re ported WASHINGTON Feb 23 IP UP The coast guard cutter Alexander Alexander Alexnder Alex- Alex ander Hamilton has been torpedoed torpedoed tor- tor by an enemy submarine ff Iceland the navy announced I Monday i While hile being towed into port the vy said the ship Capsized and had bad Jad to be sunk by gunfire I The he Alexander Hamilton was built in 1937 at New York and andas ands andras ras as s feet long and 21 2141 1 gross tons ons She had a speed of 20 knots Carried inch Five Guns Janes Fighting Ships credited ils of ner her general class with two or three inch five-inch caliber 51 ions tuns ims plus antiaircraft guns Her cruising radius was miles at knots and miles It at t 11 knots The he next of the navys navy's aque ique follows Atlantic area The IThe coast guard cutter Alexander Alexnder Alex- Alex ander der Hamilton was torpedoed by byan bya an a enemy submarine off Iceland While being towed touted into port the ship hip capsized and had to be sunk by y gunfire Loss of personnel which occurred oc- oc c when the ship was torpedoed torpe- torpe oed was moderate Next of kin of those lost have been notified FIrSt Cutter Lost f The The Alexander Hamilton was the fast st United States combatant vesI vesel ves- ves I lel el I reported lost in m the vicinity of Iceland celand since the United States declared de- de lared war The destroyer Reuben James was vas sunk by torpedo action about 00 miles off Iceland on the night of f October 31 30 with loss of I lives Jives ives Forty-five Forty crew members Were ere rescued Coast guard headquarters said the he wartime complement of the Alexander Hamilton was men Its ts peacetime complement was teen Men I V S Sailors ors Return to Ship To ro Fire Upon U-Boat U SAN JUAN Puerto Rico Feb The 23 3 IlP The entire crew of the ton 1127 American freighter Del- Del Plata lata torpedoed in the eastern Caribbean Friday was safe in port ort Monday with an exciting tory story of how some crew members returned turned to the sinking ship and feed ired f r three shots at a submarine I abandoning her for good Eat ra y The 52 crewmen were brought h here in a navy ship The rescuers c ers h kd had d been beeri directed to the scene of the itte the sinking by a naval plane which arrived Arrived over the stricken vessel a hail tott hour after the radio sent out a warning F Captain Roelof Brouwer said he j believed two Jwo submarines took part In in the attack and that the ship i J struck by two torpedoes and missed by a a. third The gun Bun crew fired more than a dozen shots during the attack Friday 1 Soon after the second torpedo struck truck Ck flooding the engine room Captain and Brouwer the gun crew na d others still aboard and the the vessel y took dOOk the last life raft and abandoned aban- aban ed the ship Late Friday however some Continued on Page Five Column mn Two Loss of Life Moderate When This Vessel Sank Navy Reports rv l i r 4 Ig P J j C a r o hw I nr 1 aC 3 y 4 of- of y 4 i T t f. f A r. r 4 0 ba a i JJ nb b 9 COAST GUARD CUTTER ALEXANDER HAI HAMILTON LT ON VICTIM 1 OF TORP TORPEDOING OFF ICELAND Vessel capsized while being towed to po port rt and had to be sunk by bv gunfire U. U 8 SHIP SUNK NE NEAR R ICELAND Continued from Page PIe One members of the crew returned to the still floating freighter to in investigate investigate investigate in- in salvage possibilities Saturday morning while they were still aboard the vessel a U-boat U I appeared about yards away and the ships ship's gun was again brought t into action After firing three shots the crewmen abandoned the ship again Captain Brouwer who was making making making mak mak- ing his first trip as master of the ship which was loaded with coffee from Rio de Janeiro said he was standing on the bridge with Second Mate William Cornforth of New Orleans when the first torpedo hit The Real Thin Thing I saw a fl flash sh very very close the captain related and turned to the mate and asked that The mate replied Its the real thing Then the torpedo struck Cornforth was knocked off the bridge to the deck below 1 1 dont don't remember where I picked myself up Cornforth was being treated for leg injuries Monday The Brazilian freighter Tau- Tau bate brought 17 crew members from the torpedoed Swedish ship to Recife Brazil Sunday The crewmen spent six days in an open boat before they were picked up and one Nilson Vick died The tons was sunk February 2 off Cape Hatteras and 11 survivors ors reached New York February 6 All members of the crew are arenow arenow arenow now accounted for The closest U-boat U activity to the Brazilian coast was reported by the captain of the Dutch ship Astrea when she reached Belen Brazil Sunday He said he heard the British ship Scottish Star send this S SOS 0 S February 19 Being torpedoed by a German submarine submarine submarine rine 80 miles off Point at mouth Para river |