Yes Paul, Cape Hatteras is the "bump" just south of Norfolk.
"Tanker alley" is the area: Key West - Havana, sometimes stretching out to the Bahamas.
The Cuba "gap" is eastern Cuba - Haiti (Not Puerto Rico as I stated earlier, sorry). Plenty of tankers to be found there early-mid '42.
BTW, I tried sending you a PM but you have disabled that function.
As for the politics regarding the region, start off with Clay Blair's two volume history of the U-Boat war. You should be able to ordered them through the "inter-library" loan scheme at your local public library.
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