Fred W. Green
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| Name | Fred W. Green | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.292 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse MI | ||
| Owner | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 31 May, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-506 (Erich Würdemann) | ||
| Position | 30.20N, 62.00W - Grid DD 57 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (5 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Bermuda - Freetown | ||
| Cargo | 725 tons of government stores and general cargo, including motor trucks and 1000 tons of ballast | ||
| History | Completed in October 1918 as Craycroft for the US Shipping Board. 1927 renamed Fred W. Green for Northwestern Co, Wilmington NC. 1941 transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 31 May 1942, the unescorted Fred W. Green (Master A.G. Simpson) was sunk by gunfire by U-506 about 200 miles southeast of Bermuda. Four crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 32 crew members and three gunners were picked up by USS Ludlow (DD 438). | ||
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