January 30, 1917
Celtic Sea:
Wilhelm Werner, commanding U-55, sinks a British fishing fleet with his deck gun, just north of Cornwall:
Smack Euonymus, 60 tons.
Smack Helena And Samuel, 59 tons.
Smack Merit, 39 tons.
Smack Trevone, 46 tons.
Smack W.A.H., 47 tons.
Smack Wetherill, 46 tons.
Also sunk is Belgian trawler Marcelle, 219 tons.
Werner's score is now 17 vessels and 25,433 tons.
Norway:
Norwegian schooner Nora, 65 tons, carrying a load of salt and empty barrels from Kristiansund to Lofoten, is wrecked near Bjugnskjær.
Pacific Ocean:
Japanese freighter Gishun Maru, 3,860 tons, departs Seattle for Yokohama with a load of steel plates plus general cargo, and is not heard from again.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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