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Action of 27 March 1942
The Action of 27 March 1942 was a naval battle fought between the United States and Germany during World War II in the Atlantic Ocean. While patrolling 300 miles off Norfolk, Virginia, an American Q-ship encountered a German U-boat and a short surface engagement ensued.〔Beyer〕
==Action==
USS ''Atik'', under Lieutenant Commander Harry Lynnwood Hicks, was originally a merchantman named SS ''Carolyn'' which was converted to a Q-ship after America's entry into World War II. The ''Atik'' displaced 6,610 tons with a crew of 141 men and an armament of four naval guns, eight machine guns and six K-guns. It was about 5:00 pm on March 27 when the ''U-123'' detected the ''Atik''. Over two hours later at 7:37 pm, Captain Lieutenant Reinhard Hardegen fired a spread of G7e torpedoes from a surfaced position and one of them struck the ''Atik''s bow on port side. The Q-ship caught on fire and started to list slightly. Lieutenant Commander Hicks apparently decided that the only way to lure the U-boat within range of his guns was by ordering a lifeboat to be lowered on the starboard side. The trick worked so when ''U-123'' was maneuvering to starboard, around the ''Atik''s stern, she opened fire with all of her weapons, including depth charges. The first shots fell short of the U-boat and the others deflected. The American machine gunners were successful though and the U-boat's bridge was slightly damaged and one German midshipman was mortally wounded.〔Beyer〕〔〔
Immediately after the Americans opened fire, Captain Hardegen ordered his deck gun into action and fled out of ''Atik''s range before diving but at 9:29 pm the ''U-123'' attacked again to finish the Q-ship off. After firing and striking the ship with one more torpedo, the ''Atik'' still remained mostly afloat with her bow slowly settling. The remainder of the American crew appeared to be evacuating their ship at this point so the Germans deemed her as no longer being a threat and they surfaced at 10:27 pm to watch ''Atik'' sink. Twenty-three minutes later at 10:50 pm the ''Atik'' exploded and then a gale blew in, killing all of the 141 American sailors. The one German casualty was buried at sea ten minutes later and then the ''U-123'' escaped. An SOS was received by three nearby American warships, the USS ''Noa'', USS ''Asterion'' and the USS ''Sagamore'' but when they arrived there was nothing but wreckage. American aircraft also searched for several days though nothing but debris and five empty lifeboats were found.〔Beyer〕〔〔
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