American Standard Oil tanker W.H. Berg unsuccessfully attacked by submarine according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 2 March 1942

An item reported that an enemy submarine attacked without success with gunfire the Standard Oil tanker W.H. Berg on a distance of 60 miles southwest of San Francisco, USA.(1)

Note

1. Call sign WPRU. Official number 236952, gross tonnage 82,98 tons, net tonnage 4,934 tons, dimensions 444.1 x 65.3 x 35.1 feet, built by Sun Shipbuilding&Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, USA for Standard Oil Company Co. Of California, San Francisco, USA.  

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 82 dated 2 March 1942