May 16, 1942 the the SS Ruth Lykes was shelled and sunk in the Caribbean by the U-103. She had been hit
by a torpedo that failed to explode so the U-boat surfaced and shelled the ship until she came to a stop. The
U-boat captain, Kapitänleutnant Werner Winter stopped shelling the ship long enough for the crew to abandon
her and then promptly continued to pound the ship until she sank. One crewman was injured by debris after he
jumped overboard and was treated by the U-boat crew and then put in one of the lifeboats. This act of kindness
aside during the shelling six men were killed on the Ruth Lykes, the survivors were rescued a day and a half
later by a Norwegian steamer and taken to Key West, Florida.