USS Atik (AK 101)
Carolyn before her conversion to USS Atik (AK 101). Photo courtesy of SSHSA Collection.
| Name | USS Atik (AK 101) | ||
| Type: | Q-ship | ||
| Tonnage | 3.209 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Newport News VA | ||
| Owner | United States Navy | ||
| Homeport | New York | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen) | ||
| Position | 35.38N, 70.14W - Grid CA 9578 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 141 (141 dead - no survivors) | ||
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| History | Built as American steam merchant Carolyn for A.H. Bull SS Co Inc, New York. In March 1942 commissioned in the US Navy as Q-ship USS Atik (AK 101). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.37 hours on 27 Mar, 1942, U-123 fired a torpedo on the USS Atik (AK 101) (LtCdr Harry Hicks) off the US East coast and surfaced to finish off the target with gunfire. A fierce gunnery duel followed, in which both vessels took damage and one man aboard the U-boat was fatally wounded. Then Hardegen was able to hit the Q-ship with a second torpedo, which sank her immediately. All hands were lost. Her sistership, the USS Asterion (AK 100) conducted a fruitless search for survivors, the only signs found were debris and five empty rafts sighted by an aircraft at 34°52N/69°58W. | ||
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