American merchant ship attacked off Chatham Island by enemy submarine according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 17 April 1942

An item reported that an American merchant ship was attacked by an enemy submarine in the vicinity of 45.30 south latitude and 174.10 west longitude near Chatham Island, around 500 miles east of Wellington, New Zealand.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 128 dated 17 April 1942