Office of the Historian

File No. 857.857/43

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Germany (Grew)1

[Telegram]
Washington, December 9, 1916, 8 p. m.

3654. Department advised that Norwegian ship Lökken, with American citizens on board, while en route from Cardiff with cargo of coal for Philippeville, near Algiers, was sunk by gunfire of submarine of unknown nationality, on November 11, in middle of Bay of Biscay, 180 miles from shore.

Please bring to attention of Foreign Minister, and request prompt investigation and report.

Lansing
  1. The same to the Ambassador in Austria-Hungary, No. 1445.↩