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The SS City of Flint - An American Freighter at War, 1939-1943 (Paperback)
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The SS City of Flint - An American Freighter at War, 1939-1943 (Paperback)
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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, rigged with explosives to
ensure the British Navy would not capture it. Norwegian soldiers
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. Secretly carrying poison
gas as part of her cargo, she was torpedoed and exploded on January
25, 1943. 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.
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