Name/Title
German Freighter Arauca in Port Everglades, 1940Entry/Object ID
71-1-728Description
Freighter ship docked.
Black and white photographic image with border. Real photo postcard. Postally unused.Collection
FLHS Postcard CollectionCataloged By
TLB (Todd Bothel)Acquisition
Accession
71-1Source or Donor
Stranahan, Ivy CromartieAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Stranahan CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Ships, Freight ships, Freighters, Cargo shipsSearch Terms
World War II, Arauca, Port Everglades, World War II, GermansOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
P-1097Location
Location
Container
Postcard Files, P-951 - P-1100Room
Hofmann Manuscript RoomBuilding
Hoch Heritage CenterCategory
PermanentDate
October 26, 2023Inventory
Inventoried By
MTE (Margo Edwards)Inventoried Date
Oct 24, 2008General Notes
Note
Notes: The United States did not enter World War II until 1941, but Fort Lauderdale felt the effect of the war sooner than most of the rest of the country. In December 1939, a British cruiser chased the German freighter Arauca into Port Everglades, where she remained until the US seized her in 1941, when Germany declared war on the US.
The ARAUCA was a German freighter sailing to some not known destination and was off the Florida coast in the late fall 1939 or early winter of 1940. A British military vessel had shot at them at about the three-mile limit, and the ARAUCA sought refuge in the Ft. Lauderdale harbor. Although the United States was not yet at war, the freighter and its crew were detained at Ft. Lauderdale.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
January 5, 2008Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
October 31, 2023