Naeco
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Charles
M. Everest was a steam tanker laid down by Betlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation and launched in 1918 for US
Shipping Board. She was sold to Socony Vacuum Oil
Company in New York after The Great War. In 1933 she
was sold again and renamed to Naeco, sailing
for Pennsylvania Shipping Company. Under a journey from
Houston to New York loaded with barrels of heating oil
and kerosene she was spotted and torpedoed by the German
uboat U-124 under command of Korvettenkapitän Johann
Mohr 23. March 1942. The flammable cargo immediately
ignited and she was full ablaze before she broke in two
parts and disappeared in the deep. 24 men lost their
lives in the sinking. The battered wreck rest today on a
depth of 37 to 45 meter east of Wilmington.
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| GPS: N34° 01.520' W76° 38.878 ( Source : NC Wreckdiving ) Last updated: December 2020 |
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