American tanker Astral lost according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 23 December 1941

An item reported that the USA-flagged merchant tanker Astral was considered to be lost while she was 12 days overdue at Lisbon, Portugal.

Note

1. Completed by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, USA in 1916 and sunk by the German submarine U-43 on 2 December 1941.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 13 dated 23 December 1941.