DOB/DOD: January 14, 1899 (Lynn, MA) – June 17, 1942; 43 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Ada “Nettie” May David (1902-1993). She later remarried to George Curley.
CHILDREN: One daughter, Pearl May (1921-1923). One son, Arthur E. (1923-1997).
LOCAL ADDRESS: Rocky Hill
PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE: U.S. Navy, from May 2, 1917, to December 16, 1919
SERVICE NUMBER: Z-174460
FAMILY: William A. Jordan (1863-1906) and Jennie Thomas Jordan [born in Canada] (1883-). One sister, Ella May Jordan (1900-1989).
CIRCUMSTANCES: The unescorted S.S. Millinocket was hit by one torpedo from German U-Boat U-129 off La Isabela, Cuba. The torpedo struck between the #4 and #5 holds, 12 feet below the waterline. The ship sank rapidly on even keel within three minutes.
The master, three officers, five crewmen, and two armed guards of the seven officers, 22 crewmen, and six armed guards on board were lost, most of them by drowning.
The survivors were picked up by a Cuban motor boat and two Cuban fishing boats about 13 hours later and landed at La Isabela, and were taken to Sagua La Grande, where the eight injured were treated at the hospital. [from uboat.net]
The fate of U-129
Decommissioned in August 1944 at Lorient and scuttled south-west of U-boat pen Keroman I on August 18. 1944. Wreck captured by US forces in May 1945 and handed over to France. Raised and broken up in 1946. [from uboat.net]