"U-123" was attacked by an aircraft off New York City, but withdrew without any damage being sustained. She also had a lucky escape on 19 January when "Kosmos II"(headed by Captain Einar Gleditsch from Sandefjord Norway) tried to ram the boat off Oregon Inlet. At one point the ship was only away from the German submarine which had an inoperable diesel engine. The U-boat escaped when the recalcitrant power plant was restarted at the last minute and flares were fired at the larger vessel's bridge.