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The SS ''Irish Oak'' was an Irish-operated steamship which was sunk in the North Atlantic during World War II by a German submarine. As the ''West Neris'' she had been built in the US and operated by the United States Shipping Board. In 1941, she was chartered by Irish Shipping Limited, to transport wheat and fertilizer from North America to Ireland. Sailing as a clearly marked neutral vessel, not in convoy, she was nonetheless torpedoed and sunk by on 15 May 1943 midway between North America and Ireland. The crew were rescued. At the time there were conflicting reports that she ''had not'' and allegations that she ''had'' warned a nearby convoy of the presence of a U-boat. The British nationality of her captain became an issue in the Irish general election of June 1943, there were diplomatic exchanges between the United States and Ireland, and questions raised in the British House of Commons. The U-boat's captain received a mild reprimand. ==Construction== Southwestern Shipbuilding of San Pedro, California, was organized in 1918 to build cargo ships for the United States Shipping Board. As Yard No. 11, the ship was built to Design 1019, launched on 24 August 1918 and completed in December 1919. Her displacement was 5,589 tons, length , with a beam of , and a depth of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lloyds Register, Navires a Vapeur et a Moteurs )〕 Propelled by a triple expansion steam engine built by the Llewellyn Iron Works of Los Angeles,〔 with cylinders of , and bore and stroke, the ship could make .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Irish Oak (1919)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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