American tanker J.C. Fitzsimmons considered to be lost according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 23 December 1941

An item reported that the USA-flagged merchant tanker J.C. Fitzsimmons loaded with aviation gas bound for an ice harbour on the Okhotsk Sea but icebound unable to go to the destination called back to Seattle was considered to be lost while she was so long overdue.

Note

1. Identical to the tanker built by Ames Shipbuilding in 1918?

Source

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