Nummer: 13420
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Carribean Sea |
| Date of attack : | 07.11.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 04:27 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 508 |
| Commander : | Staats |
| Grid : | ED 9474 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 9000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | TAG.19 |
| Date of observation : | 07.11.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 03:30 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7176 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 11.34n 63.26w |
| Convoy : | TAG.19 |
| Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Aruba - Guantanamo |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Aug 1942, former TAW. Counter traffic = GAT |