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On Fri. 20 Feb 1942 German submarine U-156 damaged US ship Delplata wi.....

1942-02-20

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German submarine U-156 damaged US ship Delplata with 3 torpedoes 60 miles west of Martinique at 1131 hours; all 53 survived and abandoned ship. Meanwhile, four Italian submarines operating in the Caribbean Sea commenced an operation that would see the sinking of fourteen merchant vessels over a four day period CPC,

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