SS Norlantic

SS Norlantic was an American cargo ship of the Norlasco Steamship Company of New York that was scuttled after being damaged by U-69 in May 1942 with the loss of seven lives.

In May 1942, Norlantic, loaded with a 3,800-long-ton (3,860 t) general cargo that included cement and steel pipe, sailed from Pensacola, Florida for Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.

After the first several shell hits on Norlantic, her crew tried to signal the German boat that they were abandoning ship to avoid further attack, and launched two lifeboats and two life rafts.

On the afternoon of 16 May, three days after the attack, the pair of lifeboats was spotted by Netherlands trading schooners India and Mississippi, which took the boats under tow to Bonaire.

The three men on the second raft were finally rescued on 19 June by the tug Crusader Kingston at position 14°2′N 83°13′W / 14.033°N 83.217°W / 14.033; -83.217, drifting some 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) from the scene of Norlantic's demise in the 37 days since the sinking.