1942 — March 5, US freighter Mariana sunk by U-boat ~30M no. of east Turks Island-all 36

–36 Chen, C. Peter. World War II Database. “5 Mar 1942.”
–36 Clancey. HyperWar: The Official Chronology of the US Navy in [WW] II, Chapter IV 1942.
–36 Helgason. Ships hit by U-boats. “Mariana – American Steam merchant.” uboat.net.
–35 American Merchant Marine at War. Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged…

Narrative Information

American Merchant Marine at War. Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged…
“Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
“03/05/42 Mariana Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 35.”

Chen, C. Peter. World War II Database. “5 Mar 1942”:
“….Atlantic Ocean
“German submarine… U-126 sank US ship Mariana 30 miles north of the Turks and Caicos Islands east of Cuba at 2244 hours, killing all 36 aboard.”

Clancey. HyperWar: The Official Chronology of the US Navy in [WW] II, Chapter IV 1942:
“….March 5, Thu. ….
“Atlantic….
“Unarmed U.S. freighter Mariana is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-126 east of Nassau, Bahamas, 22°14’N, 71°23’W. There are no survivors from the 36-man crew.”

Helgason. Ships hit by U-boats. “Mariana – American Steam merchant.” uboat.net:
“Name Mariana
“Type Steam merchant
“Tonnage 3,110 tons
“Completed 1915 – Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News VA
“Owner New York & Puerto Rican SS Co. (Agwilines Inc.), New York
“Homeport New York
“Date of attack 5 Mar 1942
“Nationality American
“Fate Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer)
“Position 22° 14’N, 71° 23’W – Grid DN 5695
“Complement 36 (36 dead – no survivors)
“Route Guanica, Puerto Rico – Boston
“Cargo Sugar
“History ….
“Notes on event At 22.44 hours on 5 March 1942 the unescorted and unarmed Mariana
(Master Ivan Elroy Hurlstone) was hit aft of the mast by one torpedo from
U-126 off Turks Island and sank within five minutes. The crew of eight
officers and 28 crewmen all perished.”

Note: uboat.net contains information on all 36 of those onboard at:
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship1395.html

Sources

American Merchant Marine at War. Chronological List of Ships Sunk or Damaged January to June 1942. Accessed 5-4-2021 at: http://www.usmm.org/sunk42a.html#anchor331462

Chen, C. Peter. World War II Database. “5 Mar 1942.” Accessed 5-4-2021 at: https://ww2db.com/event/today/03/05/1942

Clancey, Patrick (transcriber and formatter for HTML). HyperWar: The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II, Chapter IV: 1942. Accessed 5-4-2021 at: https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html

Helgason, Gudmundur. Ships hit by U-boats. “Mariana – American Steam merchant.” uboat.net. Accessed 5-4-2021 at: https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1395.html