Record #:

15058

Author(s):

Dean, G.E.

Abstract:

Diamond Shoals Lightship, which swings at anchor in 180 fathoms of water 14 miles at sea off Cape Hatteras, was the only American light vessel sent to the bottom of the Atlantic by German underseas craft during the First World War.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 18, Sept 1940, p13, 24, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918