Her Name Was M.V. Narragansett

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0010:(MARCH 25) S.S. NARRAGANSETT (British Tanker 10389 tons) torpedoed at 34-45 N., 67-40 W., about 430 miles due east of Cape Lookout).

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At 06.09 hours on 25 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Narragansett (Master Michael Blackburn Roberts) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-105 about 400 miles east of Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank burning after a hit with a coup de grâce at 06.18 hours. The master, 42 crew members and six gunners were lost. The tanker had been missed by a spread of three torpedoes at 04.01 hours and a spread of two torpedoes at 04.08 hours.