The SS City of Flint : An American Freighter at War, 1939-1943.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haugseng, Magne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City of Flint (Ship).

World War, 1939-1945--Atlantic Ocean.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Transportation.

Naval convoys--History--20th century.

Naval convoys.

Cargo ships--United States--History--20th century.

Cargo ships.

Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean--History--20th century.

Shipwrecks.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Other Title:

SS City of Flint

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"In Europe, World War II was four months old by Christmas 1939. The City of Flint, an American freighter, had been instrumental in rescuing 1200 passengers from a torpedoed ocean liner, making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. She was captured by a Nazi warship and sent towards a German port, with commandos aboard prepared to blow her up rather than let the British Navy take them alive. Norwegian marines liberated the ship--by then even Hitler knew her name. Christmas 1942 saw the City of Flint in New York with other freighters loading for North Africa. Allied codes had been cracked and the convoy was expected by a group of U-Boats. Spotted and tailed until sunset, she was torpedoed and exploded--among the cargo was poison gas. Eleven survivors in her fourth lifeboat fought mountainous seas, sharks and hunger. One went mad and walked overboard. The others survived 46 days before rescue. Eyewitness accounts, war diaries and archival sources bring this untold story to life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Personalities

The Ships

Abbreviations

Section I. The Beginning

1. Preparations

2. A Helping Hand

Section II. The Prize

3. Trapped

4. Politics of Neutrality

5. Americans in Communist Soviet Union

6. Back to Norway

7. The Chase

8. Turning Point

9. Pawn

10. Cargo

11. Going Home

Section III. Convoys

12. Convoy-to Murmansk

13. Basra

Section IV. Torpedoed

14. The Prey

15. The Target

Section V. Postscript

Appendix 1: Still waters once again

Appendix 2: The Prize Command

Appendix 3: City of Flint crew in Norway 1939

Appendix 4: City of Flint crew at Murmansk in 1942

Appendix 5: City of Flint crew at Persian Gulf in 1942

Chapter Notes

Bibliography of Primary Sources

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-4323-7

OCLC:

1260193122