According to a letter dated Berlin 19 September 1941 from the Seekriegsleitung received by the German naval attaché in Portugal used the American coast guard cruiser Ingham a neutral Portuguese harbor as base for carrying out war tasks. The Portuguese government was to be made clear that this abuse by American forces of the Portuguese neutrality could cause problems. In a telegram dated 16 September was made clear that if the Ingham after presumable patrolling on the convoy route Gibraltar-England or Azores-England again Lisbon visited for fuel and victuals the Portuguese governement would be adressed up.(1)
Note
1. This must be the USCGC cutter Ingham, contract awarded on 30 January 1934, laid down by Philadelphia Navy Shipyard on 1 May 1935, launched on 3 June 1936, commissioned on 12 September 1936, decommissioned on 27 May 1988 and since then a museum ship.
Source
Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal.
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