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  2. Action of 27 March 1942 - Wikipedia

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    USS Atik (Lieutenant Commander Harry Lynnwood Hicks), was originally a merchantman named SS Carolyn which was converted to a Q-ship after America's entry into World War II. Atik displaced 6,610 tons with a crew of 141 men and an armament of four 4 in (100 mm) naval guns, eight machine guns and six K-guns.

  3. USS Atik - Wikipedia

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    The steel-hulled, single-screw steamer Carolyn was laid down on 15 March 1912 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, for the A. H. Bull Steamship Lines; launched on 3 July 1912, sponsored by Ms. Carolyn Bull (for whom the ship was probably named), a granddaughter of the shipping firm's owner, Archibald Hilton Bull (1847–1920), and delivered on 20 ...

  4. March 1942 - Wikipedia

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    German submarine U-123 sank the American Q-ship USS Atik. German submarine U-587 was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by British warships. Joe Louis knocked out Abe Simon in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden to retain the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. [41] Born: John Sulston, biologist, in Cambridge, England (d. 2018);

  5. List of museum ships of the United States military - Wikipedia

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    USS Bowfin Submarine and Memorial Park [9] USS Cobia: United States Wisconsin: Manitowoc: United States. 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Wisconsin Maritime Museum [10] [circular reference] USS Cairo: United States Mississippi: Vicksburg: United States: 1862 City class: Gunboat: Vicksburg National Military Park [11] USS Cassin Young: United States ...

  6. List of shipwrecks of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    USS Aster United States Navy: 7 October 1864 Ran aground at Kure Beach. [6] USS Atik United States Navy: 26 March 1942 Q-ship; torpedoed by U-123. [7: USS Atlanta United States Navy: December 1869 Ironclad warship that sank off Cape Hatteras

  7. List of United States Navy losses in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...

  8. USS Asterion (AK-100) - Wikipedia

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    AK-101 aka USS Atik, sister ship of the USS Asterion After brief sea trials, Asterion sailed for her assigned patrol area on 23 March 1942, in company of Atik . Each ship was to proceed independently under the guise of a tramp steamer, in the hope of luring a U-boat to the surface and destroying the submarine with gunfire before she realized ...

  9. German submarine U-123 (1940) - Wikipedia

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    German submarine U-123 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. After that conflict, she became the French submarine Blaison (Q165) [1] until she was decommissioned on 18 August 1959.