This wartime press photograph documents the extensive damage suffered by an oil tanker attacked by a German U-boat off the U.S. Atlantic coast during World War II. The torn hull plating and blasted pipeline visible here reflect the ferocity of the 'Battle of the Atlantic,' during which Axis submarines sank numerous merchant vessels along America's eastern seaboard. This tanker's bow section was towed into Morehead City, North Carolina, after its stern was destroyed -- a stark reminder of the perilous conditions faced by merchant mariners supplying the Allied war effort. Project: 218598