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Category: U-Boat Patrols

U-458 under Kurt Diggins, patrolled New England 4 days, survived Admiral Graf Spee & WWII to 2007

October 21, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 21, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Convoy ON 113 Gorch Fock Haltwhistle POW camp Hudsons RCAF Squadron 113 Karlsruhe Kiel Germany SS Montevideo SS Mosfruit St. Nazaire France tanker Arletta torpedo junction Verband Deutscher U-Bootfahrer VDF

U-754 under Hans Oestermann sunk off Nova Scotia following 3-day patrol of New England, July 1942

October 20, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 20, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Azores WWII Crew of 1933 Erich Schiller Herman Schoemann Z-7 Pilot N. E. Small RCAF RCAF Squadron 113 SS Waiwera trawler Ebb U-132 U-151 U-458 U-469 refuelling U-89

U-215 under Fritz Hoeckner was sunk 1 day into a New England patrol after sinking Alexander Macomb

October 20, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 20, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Gulf of Maine in WWII HMCS Regina (K 234) HMS Le Tigre (FY 243) Kiel Germany Liberty Ship mining Boston Harbor U-214 Woods Hole MA WWII

U-89 under Dietrich Lohmann patrolled New England 16 days, sank schooner Lucille M. July 1942 off Nova Scotia

October 20, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 20, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Cape Sable NS Capt. Hubert Hall Overton Yarmouth Frederick W. Sutherland Yarmouth NS HMS Biter HMS Broadway HMS Lagan Horst Wessel SS Fred W. Green Swim Brothers Lockport NS Swordfish T. M. Bulloch U-554 U-579 U-99

U-332 under Liebe, patrolled south of Long Island, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard 11 days, June 1942 sank no ships there

October 19, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 19, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Block Island Sound WWII Buzzard's Bay Cape Cod Canal WWII German POW Laconia Order SS Leonidas M. SS Raphael Semmes U-332 U-boat prisoners

U-202 under Hans-Heinz Linder landed saboteurs on Long Island NY, patrolled New England 6 days in June 1942

October 19, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 19, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
FBI Herbert Hoover John Dasch Libau Latvia Operation Pastorius Punta Vedra Rio Tercero Soviet air raid SS City of Birmingham

U-373 under Paul-Karl Loeser patrolled New England for 3 days in June 1942 en route to mine the Delaware River

October 19, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 19, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Busch and Röll Guard Battalion Donitz mining of Delaware Bay 1942 SS Mount Lycabettus SS Thursobank TMB mines tug John R. Williams U-108 U-33 U-40 U-43

U-87 under Joachim Berger patrolled New England 14 days, mined Boston Harbor, sank 2 ships there in June 1942

October 19, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 19, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Convoy XB 25 HMCS Nanaimo (K 101) HMCS Shediac HMCS St. Croix mining Boston Harbor Provincetown in WWII Soviet Naval officers SS Cherokee SS Port Nicholson USCGC Escanaba (WPG 77)

U-701 under Horst Degen transited New England for 4 days in June 1942, was sunk off Hatteras weeks later, survived the war

October 18, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 18, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Esso Augusta HMS Kingston Ceylonite FY 214 Robert C. Tuttle SS British Freedom SS Santore SS Tamesis USAAF Squadron 396 USS Bainbridge DD 246 USS YP 389 Z-10 Hans Lody

U-653 under Gerhard Feiler spent 3 days in New England waters June 1942; emblem was lobster eating Churchill

October 18, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 18, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Bermuda in WWII Breslau Germany Brest FRance U-Boat Pen Crew of 1933 New England in WWII Peisander PM Winston Churchill Schooner Sande USS Gannet (AVP 8) Z-20 Karl Galster

U-578 under Ernst-August Rehwinkel sank 2 ships in 14 days off New England May & June 1942

October 18, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 18, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
F/V Alpha & Estelle F/V Hunting-Sanford F/V Mary J. Landry SS Banaderos SS Mirandella U-213 von Varendorff U-566 Borchert U-Historia.com USCGC General Greene (WPC 140) USS Madison DD 425

U-404 under Otto von Bülow patrolled New England May 26 – June 29, 1942, sank 1 ship – Moldanger

October 18, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 18, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Adolf Schönberg Electro-U-Boat HMCS Buctouche (K-179) SS Alcoa Shipper SS Ljubica Matkovic SS Manuela SS Moldanger SS Nordal SS Washington Express SS West Notus U-2545 Uboat.net USS PC-495

U-553 under Karl Thurmann patrolled New England 14 days sank 1 ship the Mattawin in May/June 1942

October 18, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 18, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Battle of St. Lawrence HMCS Medicine Hat SS Leto SS Mattawin SS Nicoya SS Torvanger U-553 USCGC General Greene (WPC 140)

U-432 under Heinz-Otto Schultze sank 4 ships, damaged 2 off New England May-June 1942

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Free French corvette Aconit FV Aeolus FV Ben & Josephine Milk Cow U-459 Mount Desert ME Seal Island NS SS Kronprinsen SS Liverpool Packet SS Malayan Prince SS Zurichmoor U-84 U-849 fate

U-135 under Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius sank the Fort Qu’Appelle during New England patrol May 1942

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Canary Islands HMCS Melville (J 263) HMS Balsam HMS Mignonette HMS Rochester (L 50) MV Pleasantville Operation Paukenschlag Otto Luther Padfinder Shelbourne NS U-98 USN/P-6 VP-92

U-213 under Amelung von Varendorff landed a German agent in Bay of Fundy, patrolled New England 23 days May-June 1942

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Alfred Langbein Bay of Fundy Convoy OS 35 Great Salmon River Gunther Prien HMS Erne HMS Rochester (L 50) HMS Sandwich NB Operation Grete Padfinder SS Fred W. Green St. Martins U-47 Scapa Flow

U-588 under Victor Vogel sank 3, damaged 1 ship during 19 days off New England May 1942

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Capt. Andre Joly Fort Binger Free FRench merchant marine HMCS SKeena HMCS Wetaskiwin RCAF Arresteur Schooner Sande SS Greylock SS Margot SS Plow City SS SAgoland SS Skottland U-455 U-553 U-593 USS Sapphire (PYC2)

U-455 under Hans-Heinrich Giessler (still alive) patrolled New England 11 days in May 1942, sank no ships there

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Cape Cod Canal Geo H. Jones Living U-Boat Commanders Montauk NY Padfinder group SS British Workman U-455 U-553 U-588 U-593 Kelbling Z-20 Karl Galster

U-593 under Gerd Kelbling patrolled New England 13 days May to June 1942, sank no ships there

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Kenneth Wynn U-Boat Operations SS Persephone SS Stavros St. Nazaire France U-557 U-576 U-Boat Aces

U-582 under Werner Schulte patrolled off New England 4 days, sank no ships

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Axel Niestle blockade-runner Rio Grande Gysae Kenneth Wynn U-Boat Operations light cruiser Koningsberg U-582 U-98 Uboat.net

U-566 under Dietrich Borchert patrolled New England intensely for 23 days in May 1942, sank no ships there

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Block Island WWII Cape Cod Canal Chatham MA WWII Gulf of Maine in WWII Massachusetts BAy Nantucket WWII Squadron 179/A SS Meropi SS WEstmoreland U-24 Uboat.net

U-576 under Hans-Dieter Heinicke sank Pipestone County, Taborfjell off New England in April 1942

October 14, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 14, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
American Pipestone County F/V Irene & May HMS P 552 M/V Unicoi Norwegian Taborfjell Norwegian Tropic Star U-boat tender Weichsel USCGC Calypso WPC 104

U-752 under Karl-Ernst Schroeter patrolled New England 7 days sank the West Imboden there April/May 1942

October 14, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 14, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Convoy HX 239 Operation Paukenschlag SS Bidevind SS Reihnolt U-121 U-9 USS Bristol DD 453 USS Rhind DD 404

U-402 under Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner patrolled New England 4 days in April 1942 – his brother was a U-Boat commander also

October 12, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 12, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Cape Hatteras WWII cruiser Nurnberg Knights Cross Korvettenkapitän SS Ashkhabad SS Empire Progress torpedo junction U-402 USS Cythera PY-26 Wolfgang-Friedrich von Forstner

U-136 under Heinrich Zimmermann patrolled off New England in April & May 1942, logo was a black lobster

October 12, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 12, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Arundo Axtell J. Byles Barbados Black Lobster U-Boat emblem Free French Destroyer Leopard HMS Pelican HMS Spey Schooner Mildred Pauline

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