Attack on SS Pennsylvania Sun
1942: July 15: Attack on American tanker, SS Pennsylvania Sun
On July 15, 1942, German (Type VIIC) U-boat, U-571, attacked American motor tanker SS Pennsylvania Sun off Key West, Florida. The survivors were picked-up by USS Dahlgren (DD-187). Repairs were completed to Pennsylvania Sun in 1943, and she served for the next 20 years. Australian Sunderland aircraft sank the German submarine on January 28, 1944, in the North Atlantic, west of Ireland.
Image: 80-G-61597: SS Pennsylvania Sun burning after torpedoing by U-571 on July 15, 1942. Official U.S. Navy Phototgraph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
