John,

Thanks. So it sounds possible.

In the mean-time I found more evidence linking the photos to U-582 on Jerry Mason's uboatarchive.net site.

On his page for the interrogation of the survivors of U-203 here:

[www.uboatarchive.net]

Towards the end under the heading 'OTHER U-BOATS' on page 4 it describes U-582 and on page 5 states: "U-582 left on the fourth cruise late in June, 1942 and was gone seven weeks. Thirty-two thousand tons were claimed on this trip, including four vessels of about 8000 tons each and one munitions vessel. Near the coast of Africa her Executive Officer fired two torpedoes at a ship which did not sink. He then fired 160 rounds of AA, one hundred of which were hits. Then he and the Quartermaster boarded the ship and sank it with scuttling charges. They took on board the U-boat the captain and engineer officer, one of whom was called Brown. An American flag was carried home as a souvenir of this encounter."

Eric Stone
www.ssarkansan.com