 Struck by two torpedoes, the ship settled by the stern, and the crew abandoned ship and rowed to shore.The badly damaged ship eventually drifted onto reefs about five miles (8 km) due east of Hobe Sound, Florida and finally sank on the afternoon of 23 February.Meanwhile, the U-boat sank another ship, torpedoing the unescorted and unarmed American 10,227 ton tanker "W.D.