American merchant ship ss Vincent considered to be lost according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 23 December 1941

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An item reported that the USA-flagged merchant ship ss Vincent underway to Panama last heard from her on 12 December reporting that she was stopped by an unknown ship followed by a SOS was considered to be lost while she was so long overdue.(1)

Note

1. Completed by Federal Shipbuilding&Drydock Co., Kearny, Illinois, USA for the US Shipping Board with yard number 22 in September 1919, owner US Maritime Commission since 1936, shelled and torpedoed on 12 December 1941 east of  Pitcairn Island by the Japanese auxiliary cruisers Aikoku Maru and Hokoku Maru.

Source

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

British minesweeping sloop HMS Veronica bound for the Pitcairn Islands according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 5 dated 5 February 1921

An item reported that the British minesweeping sloop HMS Veronica would depart from Auckland in early April bound for the Pitcairn Islands.(1)

Note

1. Part of the Acacia-class minesweeping sloops, laid down by Dunlop Bremner&Company, Port Glasgow, Scotland in January 1915, launched on 27 May 1915, completed in August 1915 and sold to be broken up on 22 February 1935.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-119-53

American whaling bark Franklin visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 1 March 1845

Biodiversity Heritage Library

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 22 February of the American whaling bark Franklin captain Halsey of Sag Harbor 8,5 months out 360 barrels whale oil 140 barrels sperm oil 2,500 lbs bone, last port Pitcairn’s Island.