Arkansan
| Name | Arkansan | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,997 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Kiangnan Dock & Engineering Works, Shanghai | ||
| Owner | American-Hawaiian SS Co, New York | ||
| Homeport | New York | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Jun 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer) | ||
| Position | 12.07N, 62.51W - Grid ED 9412 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (4 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port of Spain, Trinidad - New Orleans | ||
| Cargo | 9000 tons of general cargo, mostly coffee | ||
| History | Built as Celestial, 1922 renamed Margaret Dollar, 1936 renamed Arkansan | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.30 hours on 16 Jun, 1942, the unarmed and unescorted Arkansan (Master Paul R. Jones) had discontinued her zigzag course about 45 minutes before when the lookouts sighted a surfaced U-boat. The ship increased immediately the speed and turned away, but it was too late and within one minute two torpedoes from U-126 hit amidships. The explosions wrecked the radio antenna and the ship took an extreme port list. Most of the crew of ten officers, 28 men and two workaways abandoned ship in one lifeboat, despite of the fact that she was still moving at seven knots. The Arkansan sank after 20 minutes 70 miles west of Grenada. One officer and three crewmen could not be accounted for after the attack. The survivors were picked up by the USS Pastores (AF 16) and were landed at Trinidad. | ||
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