O. B. Jennings
Name | O. B. Jennings |
Type | Tanker
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GRT | 10,289 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | American |
Built | 1917
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Builder | Newport News SB. & DD. Co., Inc., Newport News, VA
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Operator | Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Bayonne, NJ
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Tanker O. B. Jennings
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 4 Aug 1918 | U 140 (Waldemar Kophamel) | Sunk | 100 miles off the Virginia coast
| 36° 40'N, 73° 58'W
| Plymouth - Newport News
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| 2
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| 1 taken prisoner.
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Position of attack on O. B. Jennings
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