Chepo
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| Name | Chepo | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.707 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Northwest Steel Co, Portland OR | ||
| Owner | North Atlantic Transport Co Inc, Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-43 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 58.30N, 19.40W - Grid AL 2659 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 38 (17 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-55 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - River Clyde - Boston - New York | ||
| Cargo | 1769 tons of general cargo and 150 tons of sand ballast | ||
| History | Built as American West Pocasset for US Maritime Commission, Washington DC, later laid up as part of the reserve fleet. 1941 renamed Chepo and registered in Panama. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.53 hours on 14 Jan, 1942, U-43 attacked the convoy ON-55 a second time and sank the Chepo. | ||
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