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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.
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 ...
The tanker, carrying gasoline, burned fiercely for five hours before sinking and no survivors could be spotted. The somber crew of U-123 nicknamed the night the "Tanker Torch night". [19] On 26 March, Hardegen attacked the American Q-ship USS Atik (3,000 GRT), mistaking it for a merchant freighter.
The ship was knocked out of the war and although repaired, she did not see active service after World War II. She was scrapped in 1973. USS Wasp (CV-18), on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500 lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast ...
The German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II with the bombardment of the Polish garrison at Westerplatte; [3] and the final surrender of the Japanese Empire took place aboard a United States Navy battleship USS Missouri. Between the two events, it became clear that battleships were now ...
List of battleships of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned End of service Fate Alabama United States Navy: South Dakota: fast battleship: 35,980 16 August 1942 9 January 1947 Decommissioned 9 January 1947; museum ship: Almirante Latorre Chilean Navy: Almirante Latorre: super-dreadnought: 28,550 1 August 1920
USS Atik (AK-101 ) USS Big Horn (AO-45) ... is a Q-ship, a converted lumber carrier. The crew are mercenaries and former US covert and military personnel who carry ...
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 ...