Record #:

24544

Author(s):

Sweeny, Samuel C.

Abstract:

This article presents a first-hand account of the sinking of the Diamond Shoals Lightship in 1918 by a German submarine off the Outer Banks.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 43 Issue 11, April 1976, p27-28, il

Subject(s):

Diamond Shoals--History; Diamond Shoals Lightship; Outer Banks; Outer Banks--History; Submarine warfare--Outer Banks; Submarines (Ships)--Germany--History; Submarine warfare--North Carolina; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918