An item reported the estimated locations of submarines of the enemy in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean on 17 May: 2 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 2 between Halifax and Cope Cod, 1 between Cape Cod and Cape May, 3 in the area Cape Hatteras-Cape Lookout, 2 in the area Cape Carnaveral-Miami, 3 in the Gulf of Mexico between the Mississippi delta and Tortugas, 1 south of Jamaica, 3 in the eastern part of the Caribbean, 1 eastward of Trinidad, 5 west- and 4 eastward bound travelling north of the latitude of Cape Cod, 3 west- and 1 eastbound travelling between the latitude of Cape Cod-Cape Hatteras and 2 west- and 3 eastbound travelling in the latitudes south of Cape Hatteras, totally 36 boats.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 159 dated 18 May 1942
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