[IonImplantGuru]

Thanks much for the link and info. Hmmm...know of any similar incidents along the Jersey ports at all during WW2? Looks like senility is setting in early for me. :o/

Does 'Black Tom' ring a bell? N. J. in WW I. German sabotage.
The link also told me something I didn't know before: that the British blockaded the US in the 20th century - specifically in 1915.

[Christopher Lincoln]

No, the British blockaded Germany, thus cutting off American trade with Germany. The last thing the British wanted to do was to stop their own trade with America.