Technical
tanker - steam, engine by Ingersoll Rand & Co,Pittsburgh
single screw
5,104 GRT - 7,890 DWT
391'9" x 51'2" x 25'1"
Service speed 10.5 knots

Eight hours earlier Schacht had attacked the Norlindo. The Munger T Ball was hit by one torpedo from U-507 fired at 01:32 CET about 80 miles northwest of Dry Tortugas Island. The tanker was not zigzagging and doing 10 knots. The torpedo struck on the port side amidships, followed by a second torpedo 30 seconds further aft near the engine room. The tanker burst into flames after the first hit which prevented the launching of lifeboats.

Only four crewmen of the eight officers and 26 crewmen on board managed to abandon the ship by jumping overboard and swimming away before burning gasoline spread on the water, trapping many men on the tanker. The burning tanker sank about 15 minutes after the second hit. The four survivors swam to a life raft, were picked up about four hours later by the Norwegian motor freighter Katy and landed at Key West, Florida.

Thanks to Walter Janssens for extra information on this page.

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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