The American Spectator

Paul Doolittle br> CDR (USN-Ret) /p>

I am reminded of Lord Nelson’s dictum: You can never condemn a captain for engaging the enemy. Nelson would be proud of the Stephen Hopkins, her captain and crew.

p>I am also reminded of the recent disgraceful surrender of Nelson’s putative descendants who cravenly surrendered to Iranian gunboats. br> — Richard Rude /p> p> Hal Colebatch has told a fascinating and oft overlooked story of American merchant navy heoism. However, the Stephen Hopkins sinking of the Steir was not the only American sinking of a German surface warship. On October 18, 1943 the American submarine Tarpon sank another merchant ship raider,