City of Atlanta
Passenger-Cargo Steamship · United States · Lost 1942 · The Outer Banks
A passenger-cargo steamer torpedoed off Cape Hatteras early in 1942 during the opening weeks of Operation Drumbeat.
David Cadiz
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The Vessel and Her Loss
City of Atlanta was a coastal passenger-cargo steamer operated by the Ocean Steamship Company between New York and Savannah. On 19 January 1942 she was torpedoed by U-123 off Cape Hatteras, one of the first American merchant losses of the U-boat offensive along the East Coast. Many aboard were lost. The wreck lies off the Outer Banks.
Vessel
- 1904
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- Steel
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- Steam, single screw
- Ocean Steamship Company
Loss
- January 19, 1942
- Enemy action
- Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Atlantic Ocean
- New York → Savannah, Georgia
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- Casualty figures vary between sources and are not confirmed here.
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The Wreck Today
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Position
- 35.391° N 75.336° W
- Surveyed position
- Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary publishes this as the surveyed position of the City of Atlanta wreck east of Buxton, North Carolina.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)
Exact casualty numbers and wreck depth are not firmly established in the sources reviewed.
NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
Loss date, cause
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (NOAA)
wreck position
