WWII Press Photo Lot-Lehigh Ship Sunk Torpedoed by German U-Boat 11 photos for Sale

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WWII Press Photo Lot-Lehigh Ship Sunk Torpedoed by German U-Boat 11 photos:
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Photos taken by Samuel Hakam, He survived the sinking ofLehighin the lifeboat in charge of the master, which was towed into Freetown byHMS ML-263. His account and pictures of the sinking ship were published in the Life magazine of 8 December 1941. $ have press marking on the back. See photos for size and condition.

At 10.51 hours on 19 Oct 1941 the unescorted and unarmedLehigh(Master Vincent Patrick Arkins) was hit on the starboard side at the #5 hold by one torpedo fromU-126about 82 miles west of Freetown. The ship was stopped and 35 minutes after the hit abandoned by the ten officers, 30 crewmen and four Spanish stowaways in four lifeboats. The radio operator and two other men reboarded the vessel and unsuccessfully tried to send a message before she sank by the stern at 13.10 hours. The survivors in two lifeboats were picked up by two British motor launches of the 17th ML Flotilla, one of which wasHMS ML-263(Lt Kelvin J. Vaughan, RANVR). The remaining survivors, five of them injured, were picked up two days after the sinking from the two other boats byHMS Vimy (D 33)(LtCdr H.G.D. de Chair, RN).

TheLehighwas sunk 49 days before war was officially declared against the USA by the Axis, despite the American markings on the ship, which were clearly visible at the time of the attack. The vessel was zigzagging and Bauer looking through the periscope, thought she was a Greek ship at first. He saw the USA markings only after he had fired the torpedo from a distance of about 2500 meters