"For the first time, U-boats became active in the Gulf [of Mexico], evidently under command of men familiar with its shallow waters. Two freighters, one American and one Honduran, were sunk. The United States vessel was chased and shelled by a fast and apparently new submarine painted dark green. After the crew and passengers left the disabled ship, the sub sank her with a torpedo. Then a man on the raider's deck, stripped to his waist and deeply tanned, called out:"
"Sorry we can't help you. Hope you get ashore."
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