The sinking of the Robin Moor was seen as an open act of aggression by Germany against the U.S. and led Roosevelt to declare an unlimited state of emergency and order the transfer of some US Naval ships from the Pacific Fleet to the Atlantic. This ship became one of the first merchant ships of the US to be sunk by a German U-boat. 700 miles off the west coast of Africa the Robin Moor was stopped and the crew left in lifeboats. The ship was then brought down by torpedoes and gunfire. After 3 weeks on lifeboats the crew and the ships passengers were rescued by friendly craft or made it to the African coast.
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