Ships hit during WWI

Diamond Shoals Lv71

NameDiamond Shoals Lv71
TypeLight vessel
GRT590 tons
Country  American
Built1898
BuilderBath Iron Works Ltd., Bath, ME
OperatorU.S. Coast Guard
History

U-boat attacks on Light vessel Diamond Shoals Lv71


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
16 Aug 1918U 140 (Waldemar Kophamel)SunkSunk by gunnery off Cape Hatteras, after altering ship of the presence of the U-boat.



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