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	USS Atik
		Atik (AK-101) was placed in commission at 1645 on 5 March 1942 at the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr.
		The U-boat, on the surface, began stalking Atik at 2200, and at 0037 on 27 March fired one torpedo from 700 yards away which struck the ship on her port side, under the bridge.
		Atik's entire crew perished-either in the blast or du ing he severe gale that lashed the sea soon after the brave ship disintegrated.
	www.navyhistory.com /Transport/Atik.html (1284 words)

	USS Atik (AK-101) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Atik's mission was to lure some unsuspecting U-boat into making a (Armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target) torpedo attack.
		Atik had attracted the attention of (Click link for more info and facts about U-123) U-123, on her second war patrol off the eastern seaboard.
		The U-boat, on the surface, began stalking Atik at 1700, and at 1937 fired one (Armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target) torpedo from 700 yards away which struck the ship on her port side, under the bridge.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_atik_(ak-101)4.htm (1464 words)

	WORLD WAR II 1942
		The miscellaneous auxiliary USS Atik is torpedoed and sunk by a submarine.
		The tugs USS Genesee (ATO-55) and USS Vaga (YT-116) are scuttled in the Philippines.
		The Japanese submarine RO-61 is sunk by the destroyer USS Reid (DD-369) and Naval land-based aircraft (VP-43) in the Aleutians.
	www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1942_ww2.htm (7784 words)

	Encyclopedia: Q-ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Asterion (AK-100, AK-63, WAK-123) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for Asterion, a star in the constellation Canum Venaticorum.
		USS Big Horn (AO-45) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for the Bighorn River of Wyoming and Montana.
		USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93) was a schooner, which some attempted to convert to a Q-ship, of the United States Navy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Q_ship (2106 words)

	USS Atik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Atik (AK-101) was placed in commission at 1645 on March 5, 1942, at the Portsmouth NavyYard, Lieutenant Commander Harry Lynnwood Hicks, USN, in command.
		The U-boat, on the surface, began stalking Atik at 1700, and at 1937 firedone torpedo from 700 yards away which struck the ship on her port side, under thebridge.
		After U-123 turned to starboard, Atik gathered steerage way, parallelingher course by turning to starboard as well, and dropped her concealment, commencing fire from her main and secondary batteries.The first shell dropped short of the U-boat, as she made off presenting a small target; the others were off in deflection.
	www.therfcc.org /uss-atik-242144.html (1274 words)

	USS Atik (Ak-101) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Atik (Ak-101) era Q-envi'a de la marina nombrada para el al-Atik-Atik,una estrella doble de Estados Unidos en la constelación Perseus.
		Carolyn hizo Atik, y fue dada un número del casco del buque de carga, Ak-101; Evelyn hizo Asterion (Ak-100).
		Atik (Ak-101) fue colocado en la comisión en 1645 de marcha la 5 de 1942, en la yarda de marina de Portsmouth, teniente comandante Harry Lynnwood Hicks, USN, en comando.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/us/USS%20Atik%20%28Ak101%29.htm (1617 words)

	USS Atik
		In the gathering darkness, three days after Atik had sailed from Portsmouth, she attracted the attention of the German submarine, U-123, on her second war patrol off the eastern seaboard.
		Once again, Atik's crew could be seen embarking in her boats, as their ship clung stubbornly to life.
		Atik's entire crew perished--either in the blast or during the severe gale that lashed the sea soon after the ship disintegrated.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a/atik.htm (1245 words)

	27 March 1942
		USS Twiggs (DD-127), was commissioned as HMS Leamington (G-19) on 23 Oct. 1940, part of the destroyers-for-bases deal.
		Aboard the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) en route from Portland, Maine, U.S.A., to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Commander Task Force Thirty Nine (TF 39), Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, taking an unaccompanied walk on deck of his flagship is washed overboard and disappears in a heavy sea.
		TheUSN“Q-ship” USS Atik (ex SS Carolyn) is torpedoed and sunk with all 141 crewmen by German submarine U-123 about 350 miles (563 kilometres) east of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A., after the "Q-ship's" gunfire damages the U-boat in a spirited encounter.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1942/03/27.htm (921 words)

	List of ships of the United States Navy
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, CV 6, CVN 65)
		USS Maryland (1799, ACR 8, BB 46, SSBN 738)
		USS Yorktown (CV 5, CV 10, CG 48)
	www.usapedia.com /l/list-of-ships-of-the-united-states-navy.html (780 words)

	Naval Losses WWII
		USS Northampton (CA-26) torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Oyashio on 30 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga and sank on 1 December 1942.
		USS Cisco (SS-290) sunk by Japanese warships and aircraft in the Sulu Sea, 28 September 1943.
		USS Wahoo (SS-238) sunk by Japanese aircraft and Japanese submarine chasers 15 and 43 in Soya Strait, Japan, 11 October 1943.
	www.usspennsylvania.com /NavalLosses.htm (10769 words)

	USS Asterion (AK-100) - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		That designation, however, was strictly a cover, for Asterion, like her sister ship Atik (AK-101) (the former SS Carolyn) was in fact a Q-ship.
		The mission assigned each ship was to sail under the guise of a tramp steamer, proceeding independently, in the hope of luring a U-boat to the surface and destroying the submarine with gunfire before she could realize what was happening.
		A representative of the New York Navy Yard conferred with the Bureau of Ships, Damage Section, who confirmed the opinion that she could not successfully withstand a torpedo hit, and that such a hit would result not only in her eventual sinking but also in such a quick list that her battery would be ineffective.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/USS_Asterion (1433 words)

	Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Genealogy : Cemetery #44 Evergreen R Obituaries
		The first were the USS Asterion (ex-SS Evelyn) and the USS Atik (ex-SS Carolyn), former bulk sugar carriers of about 3200 tons displacement.
		Chief Radioman Walter C. Rathsack was assigned to USS Atik.
		Atik disappeared without a trace, leaving no survivors among its crew of 139 officers and men.
	www.2manitowoc.com /44Robit.html (2902 words)

	Coast Guard Cutter Big Horn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Big Horn was one of several "Q-ships" operated by the U.S. Navy in the early part of the war.
		Among the others was USS Atik, sunk by a German U-boat three days out of Norfolk while on her shakedown cruise in March 1942.
		Another was USS Asterion, which was on duty between March 1942 and October 1943, and was later assigned weather patrol duty in the Atlantic.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/Big_Horn_1944.html (686 words)

	USS Asterion (Ak-100) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Asterion (Ak-100, Ak-63, Wak-123) era Q-envi'a de la marina nombrada para Asterion, una estrella de Estados Unidos en la constelación Canum Venaticorum.
		Ver también su nave gemela de la hermana, USS Atik (Ak-101).
		La misión asignó cada nave era navegar bajo modo de un vapor del vagabundo, procediendo independientemente, en la esperanza de engañar un U-barco a la superficie y de destruir el submarino con el fuego antes de que ella podría realizar qué sucedía.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/us/USS%20Asterion%20%28Ak100%29.htm (1475 words)

	Civilian Ships--Carolyn (American Freighter, 1912) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Commissioned as Atik (AK-101) in early March, she was outfitted as a "Q" ship, intended by her innocent appearance to lure German submarines into a fatal close-range gunfire engagement.
		USS Atik's entire crew lost their lives in the battle, or during the North Atlantic storm that quickly followed her sinking.
		This steamer was assigned the registry ID # 1608, but was not taken over by the Navy during World War I. During World War II, however, she became USS Atik (AK-101), a "Q-ship" lost with all hands on 27 March 1942 as a result of an action with the German submarine U-123.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/carolyn.htm (302 words)

	USS Asterion
		Given a main battery, machine guns and depth-charge gear hidden in concealed positions, Asterion was pl aced in commission at the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard in early March 1942, Lt. Comdr.
		Asterion plodded immediately to Atik's assistance; but, when she arrived on the scene, found only wreckage.
		Arriving at Norfolk, Va., on 31 March 1942, Asterion set out for her second cruise on 4 April, and that afternoon witnessed the torpedoing of the tanker SS Comol Rio by U-154.
	www.navyhistory.com /Transport/Asterion.html (933 words)

	Networking and Network Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Atik (AK-101) was a Q-ship of the
		Atik (AK-101) was placed in commission at 1645 on March 5,
		USS Noa (DD-343) and the tug USS Sagamore (AT-20) were sent to assist.
	www.subnetworking.com /wiki/USS_Atik (1486 words)

	DANFS: USS Atik (AK-101)
		became Atik, and was given a cargo ship hull number, AK-101; Evelyn became Asterion (AK-100).
		Fire broke out immediately, and the ship began to assume a slight list; an SOS went out from the crippled "freighter": "S.S. Carolyn torpedo attack, burning forward, not bad." As U-123 proceeded around under her victim's stern, her captain, Kapitänleutnant,/i> Hardegen, duly noted one boat being lowered on the starboard side and men abandoning ship.
		Atik's entire crew perished--either in the blast or during the severe gale that lashed the sea soon after the brave ship disintegrated.
	www.ibiblio.net /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/AK/ak101.html (1218 words)

	Second World War Books: Review
		Work was completed on schedule and the Q-ships -- Evelyn becoming USS Asterion and Carolyn becoming USS Atik -- were commissioned on 5 March 1942, less than two months after FDR expressed his desire to Admiral King for decoy ships.
		Certain facts about the engagement between Atik and U-123 are known from the Q-ship's basic operating orders, from the log of U-123, and from Hardegen's post-war recollections.
		Nonetheless, Beyer writes a chapter of historical fiction in which he describes the deeds of Atik's officers and crew, quotes their words and thoughts, and details the heroic death of the skipper.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/archives/990715.shtml (1466 words)

	USS Atik (AK-101) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Atik (AK-101) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 02:19, 9 Jun 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about USS Atik (AK-101) contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/USS_Atik (1463 words)

	LIST OF SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		USS Cincinnati (C 7, CL 6, SSN 693)
		USS San Francisco (C 5, CA 38, SSN 711)
		USS Wainwright (DD 62) (DD 419) (DLG 28/CG28)
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/LIST+OF+SHIPS+OF+THE+UNITED+STATES+NAVY (825 words)

	Q-ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On January 20, 1942, Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet (Cominch), sent a coded dispatch to Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier (CESF), requesting immediate consideration of the manning and fitting-out of "Queen" ships to be operated as an antisubmarine measure.
		SS Evelyn and Carolyn, identical cargo vessels that became USS Asterion (AP-100) and USS Atik (AP-101) respectively,
		the schooner Irene Myrtle, which became USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Q-ship (935 words)

	Bent Boat
		Then, despite the raging tempest, Wasp lowered a boat, at 0016, and brought the remaining four men aboard from the foundering 152-foot schooner.
		The U-boat, on the surface, began stalking Atik at 1700, and at 1937 fired one torpedo from 700 yards away which struck...
		As U-123 proceeded around under her victim's stern, her captain, Kapitänleutnant Hardegen, noted one boat being lowered on the starboard side and men abandoning ship.
	www.wncwabash.com /4/13.html (571 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - USS Atik (AK 101) (Q-ship) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At 02.37 hours on 27 Mar, 1942, U-123 fired a torpedo on the USS Atik (LtCom Harry Hicks) off the US east coast and surfaced to finish off the target with gunfire.
		Then Hardegen was able to hit the Q-ship with a second torpedo, which sank her immediately.
		Her sistership, the USS Asterion (AK 100) conducted a fruitless search for survivors, the only things found were debris and five empty rafts sighted by a plane at 34.52N/69.58W.
	www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/1476.html (197 words)

	Bareboat Certification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bareboat charter 1: A bareboat charter is an arrangement for the hiring of a [
		USS Atik (AK-101) 64:, where she was turned over to the Navy under a bareboat charter at 1530 on February 12, 1942.
		USS Starr (AKA-67) 21: avy from the War Shipping Administration on a bareboat charter; and was ship commissioningcommissione
	www.elusiveeye.com /side10990-bareboat-certification.html (401 words)

	Q-ship -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On January 20, 1942, Commander-in-Chief, (Click link for more info and facts about United States Fleet) United States Fleet (Cominch), sent a coded dispatch to Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier (CESF), requesting immediate consideration of the manning and fitting-out of "Queen" ships to be operated as an antisubmarine measure.
		SS Evelyn and Carolyn, identical cargo vessels that became (Click link for more info and facts about USS Asterion (AP-100)) USS Asterion (AP-100) and (Click link for more info and facts about USS Atik (AP-101)) USS Atik (AP-101) respectively,
		the schooner Irene Myrtle, which became (Click link for more info and facts about USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93)) USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/Q/Q/Q-ship.htm (1009 words)

	Q-Ships Versus U-Boats And Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Rudolf Serkin
		Now a U.S. naval officer who served in one of the mystery ships, a decoy configured freighter named the USS Asterion, lifts the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded the mission for so long.
		And the author`s frank analysis of the U.S. Navy`s lack of knowledge and skill in anti-submarine tactics early in the war helps explain the U-boats` initial success against merchantmen along America`s Atlantic coast.
		In addition to his own ship`s operations, Beyer has reconstructed events aboard the other decoy freighter, USS Atik, which sank with all hands duringthe bitter engagement with U-123.
	boxload.net /ships.htm (395 words)

	Ships Library July 99
		As Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jay L. Johnson told the International Seapower Symposium at the Naval War College recently, "Today the requirements for United States' naval forces exceed the numbers." Peniston drives this message home with telling effect.
		Aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence, Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Joe Taylor reflected on his life as a Sailor during a conversation with Peniston.
		Beyer offers insight not only into his own ship's operations but into the events surrounding the sinking of USS Atik.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/ships_library_dec_99.htm (781 words)

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