U-BOAT OFF NEW YORK
Claim By German News Agency <Rec. 11.17 am.) LONDON. Feb. 17. The Berlin news agency has released the story of the cruise of a U-boat commanded bv Lieutenant Kapitan Hardegan who claimed to have reached the entrance to New York. He said: “We were amazed as we looked on the city and saw Long Island piers and the ceaseless coming and going of harbour craft. We sank 10 ships totalling 66.000 tons off the American coast, including the tanker Nordess." (The United States Navy Department admitted the loss of the Nordess on January 15_)
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22200, 18 February 1942, Page 5
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98U-BOAT OFF NEW YORK Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22200, 18 February 1942, Page 5
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