British ship Dayrose and Panamanian tanker Norness sunk by enemy submarines according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 15 January 1942

An item reported that the British ship Dayrose was torpedoed very near Cape Race and the Panamanian tanker Norness 60 milse south of Montauk Point meaning a German submarine active in the American coastal waters.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 15 January 1942 No. 36.