October 3, 2021: SS Norlindo
![Photo of the freighter SS Norlindo (previously named Lake Glaucus [1920–1925] and Volusia [1925–1941]).](20211003-800x450.jpg "Photo of the freighter SS Norlindo (previously named Lake Glaucus [1920–1925] and Volusia [1925–1941]).")
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Photo of the freighter SS Norlindo (previously named Lake Glaucus [1920–1925] and Volusia [1925–1941]). This American steam freighter was sunk on May 4, 1942, off the Dry Tortugas by the German U-boat U-507. The sinking of Norlindo marked the first World War II combat casualties in the Gulf of Mexico.
In August and September of 2021, a team of German, Italian, and American scientists and archaeologists, supported by NOAA Ocean Exploration and the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, embarked on an expedition to search for the shipwreck.
From: Unescorted, Unarmed, and Unaware: The Tragic Loss of the Freighter Norlindo.