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SS William Rockefeller
SS ''William Rockefeller'' was a tanker ship built in 1921 and named after financier William Rockefeller. At the time of her sinking by a German submarine in 1942, the SS ''William Rockefeller'' was one of the world's largest tankers, and she was the largest to be lost off the North Carolina coast.
==World War II==
The ''William Rockefeller'' was going to New York from Aruba through Torpedo Alley on June 28, 1942, carrying over 135,000 barrels of bunker "C" fuel oil, when the ''U-701'' sent a torpedo into her port side amidships. A furious inferno ensued. The 44-member crew and her 6-member Naval Armed Guard abandoned her approximately 15 minutes later. They all survived, being picked up by ''CG-470'' and taken to the Ocracoke Coast Guard Station. The ship burned and drifted for 11 hours, and sank after the ''U-701'' fired another torpedo into her. The U-boat escaped, despite aerial and naval attacks, only to be sunk a week later.
The sinking was reported to have occurred 16 miles ENE of Diamond Shoal Light Buoy but the actual final resting place is unknown.
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