[Catfish]

Hello, sorry for OT,
from one of Lurker's links of U-181,
http://www.sharkhunters.com/historya.htm
never heard this before.

I mean i knew that US ships were supporting England and convoys by attacking U-boats before an official declaration of war, but in 1939 ?
The later U-181 crewmember on board the Liner SS Columbus:


"The outbreak of World War Two found us in Caribbean waters and after having landed our passengers in Havana Cuba, we were ordered by Berlin to make for Mexico where we hid behind the reefs of Antonio Lizardo. Meanwhile we trained the crew for exercises in scuttling our vessel and in boats maneuvers.
The British were waiting but December 1939 we got orders from Berlin to try to run the blockade for Norway and Germany.
We got as far as about 200 miles off Baltimore with escorts by US destroyers and the heavy cruiser TUSCALOOSA, which continued to send our position to the British.
When the Canadian destroyer HYPERION stopped us with gunfire and when we successfully set our big liner afire and opened the sea valves, the TUSCALOOSAbrought us to Ellis Island from where we were shipped by train to San Francisco, early 1940. "


US "neutrality" in 1939 ?

Greetings,
Catfish