Oaxaca (ship)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= |Ship country=Germany |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Germany|civil}} | Ship name= Roland | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= Stettiner Maschinenbau AG "Vulcan", Stettin | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= 1921 | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= 1936 renamed Hameln for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship identification= | Ship fate= Seized by Mexico 1941 | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title |Ship country=Mexico |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|civil}} | Ship name= Oaxaca | Ship owner= Cia Mexicana de Navegacion, Vera Cruz, Mexico | Ship operator= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= 1941 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Sunk 26 July 1942 | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship tonnage= 4,351 tons {{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1965.html |title=Oaxaca - Mexican Steam Merchant |website=Ships hit by U-boats in WWII |publisher=uboat.net}} | Ship displacement= | Ship length= | Ship beam= | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship sail plan= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | Ship speed= | Ship capacity= | Ship crew= | Ship notes= }} |
Oaxaca (previously the German Hameln) was a Mexican freighter that was sunk on July 26, 1942 by the German Type IX submarine {{GS|U-171||2}}, commanded by Oberleutnant Günther Pfeffer, a few hours after she left the port of Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship was hit by one torpedo and broke in two, sinking within three or four minutes. Six crewmen were lost.{{Cite web|url=http://me1629.tripod.com/Entra.html|title=La Historia|access-date=March 21, 2011|language=es}}
The wreck lies approximately {{convert|11|nmi|km|0}} off of Port O'Connor, Texas, resting in 60 to 64 feet (18 to 20 meters) of water. Sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler investigations suggest the ship is sitting upright in two pieces on the seafloor.
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External links
- {{cite web |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/habitats/artificial_reef/ships-to-reefs.phtml |title=Ships-to-Reefs |website=Ships-to-Reefs - Artificial Reef Program |publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16698 |title=SS Oaxaca (+1942) |website=Wrecksite - Oaxaca Cargo Ship 1921-1942 |publisher=The Wrecksite}}
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{{July 1942 shipwrecks}}
Category:Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico
Category:Merchant ships of Mexico
Category:Merchant ships of Germany
Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea