Lynch, William "Arctic Passage"

A brief short story, told documentary style, of Captain Jack Moody and his freighter RUSHFORTH while in a 30 ship Murmansk Run convoy. The story opens with the convoy traveling at 12 knots off Hammerfest, Norway. Engine problems soon cripple the RUSHFORTH and she is forced to fall out of convoy into ice-choked, frigid Arctic waters. A German submarine wolf pack is in the vicinity and through a combination of sheer luck and bravery, Moody and his freighter manage to ram and sink one of the U-boats. At story’s end the plucky steamer has rejoined her convoy and is now closer to the safety of Russian waters.