Oaxaca
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| Name | Oaxaca | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,351 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Stettiner Maschinenbau AG ´Vulcan´, Stettin | ||
| Owner | Cia Mexicana de Navegacion, Vera Cruz | ||
| Homeport | Vera Cruz | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Jul 1942 | Nationality:  Mexican | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-171 (Günther Pfeffer) | ||
| Position | 28.23N, 96.08W - Grid DA 7625 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (6 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New Orleans - Vera Cruz - Tampico | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including newsprint, caustic soda and telephone poles | ||
| History | Built as German Roland, 1936 renamed Hameln for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. 1939 lengthened. On 1 Apr, 1941, the Hameln was seized by Mexico and renamed Oaxaca. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.45 hours on 26 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Oaxaca (Master Francisco Rodríguez Reybell) was hit on the port side in the foreship by one of two torpedoes from U-171 and sank in shallow waters off Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship had been missed by a first spread of two torpedoes. | ||
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