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Category: U-Boat Patrols

U-654 under Ludwig Forster patrolled 6 days off New England, sank Empire Prairie 10 April 1942

October 12, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 12, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Brest U-boat pens Capt. Richard Townsend Payne Digby B-18 Empire Prairie MV Agra Squadron 45 Stelmaker U-29 U-62 U-654

U-84 under Horst Upfhoff patrolled New England 6 days, sank Nemanja (Yugoslav) off Cape Sable NS in April 1942

October 12, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 12, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
B-4 VB-105 Bermuda Donau Endrass German Cross in Gold Lt. Thomas Rudolph Evert Tom Petri Wisconsin torpedo junction U-46 U-84 U-tanker U-A

U-85 under Eberhard Greger patrolled New England 3 days April 1942, was sunk off Hatteras days later, all killed

October 12, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 12, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Cambridge MA history Christian Knudsen Lieberose Netherlands MIT history Operation Paukenschlag U-85 sinking USS Roper attack on U-85 USS Roper propeller MIT z-9 wolfgang Zenker

U-203 under Rolf Mützelburg patrolled New England 4 days in April 1942 without sinking ships there, later killed while diving off sub

October 12, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 12, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Operation Paukenschlag Schiffer Miltary Aviation HIstory SS Empire Thrush SS Harry F. Sinclair Jr. SS San Delfino SS Stanvac Melbourne U-203

U-571 under Helmut Möhlmann patrolled New England 5 days in March-April 1942, sank the British ship Hertford there

October 12, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 12, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
14th Flotilla BdU Org Crew of 1933 Fernando Almeida La Pallice light cruiser Nürnberg Liverpool NS Narvik Norway POW SS Fort Townsend SS Glenstrae torpedo boat Luchs U-459 Milch-Kuh U-571 Uboat.net

U-754 under Johannes (Hans) Oestermann patrolled 4 days off New England, sank no ships there

October 5, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 5, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Axel Niestle barge Alleghany barge Barnegat Herman Schoemann Z-7 ship Otho SS Kollskegg tug Menominee U-151 Uboat.net

U-552 under ace Erich Topp patrolled New England 6 days in March 1942, sank no ships there

October 5, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 5, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
British Splendour Byron D. Benson David H. Atwater factory ship Lancing HMCS Burlington Knights Cross with Oak Leaves Korth U-57 Ocana SS Atlas SS Tamualpinas St. Nazaire U-46

U-373 under Paul-Karl Loeser patrolled New England 10 days, sank the Thursobank south of Nantucket 22 March 1942

October 4, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 4, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Alexandria Egypt CApe Town South Africa Halifax Mount Lycabettus Mutiny MV THursobank Nantucket Operation Paukenschlag SS Havsten

U-71 under Walter Flachsenberg sank 4 ships in and near region March and April 1942

October 4, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 4, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Nantucket SS Dixie Arrow SS Eastmoor SS Oakmar SS Ranja SS San Gerardo USS Tarbell

U-588 under Victor Vogel, patrolled New England 4 days March 1942 no ships sunk there

October 4, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 4, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Axle Niestle Gulftrade tanker Hamburg HMCS SKeena HMCS Wetaskiwin tanker Consuelo Tubingen Uboat.net uboatarchive.net

U-404 under Otto von Bülow spent 6 days in New England w/o sinking any Allied ships in March 1942

October 2, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 2, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Adolf Schönberg Collamer Convoy HX 178 Deutschland Lemuel Burrows San DEmetrio SChleswig-Holstein Tolten U-2545 U-3

U-94 under Otto Ites patrolled New England 5 days in March 1942 without sinking Allied ships there

October 2, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 2, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
HMCS Oakville Hvoslef Imperial Transport POW SS Cayru Teddy Suhren Torpedo Boat Albatros Torpedo Boat Kondor U-146 U-48 U-51 U-94 Windward Passage Z-2

U-96 under Lehmann-Willenbrock patrolled New England 9 days with no targets in Feb/March 1942

October 2, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 2, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Commandante Lyra Das Boot Empire Seal Horst Wessel Karl-Friedrich Merten Karlsruhe Knights Cross Lake Osweya Nantucket in WWII Turengen Tyr U-256 U-5 U-8 yacht Magellan

U-578 under Rehwinkel patrolled New England 4 days Feb. 1942 without result, sank USS Jacob Jones days later

October 2, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 2, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
DAni Janer Akerberg DD 130 R P Resor SS Ingerto St. Nazaire France U-Boat pens France U-Boats New England U-Historia USS Jacob Jones

U-108 under Klaus Scholtz patrolled off New England south of Nantucket February 1942 without result

September 29, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 29, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
12th Flotilla Admiral Donitz AMC Rajputana Ramapo SS Blink SS Ocean Venture SS Somme SS Tolosa U-108

U-107 under Harald Gelhaus spend 6 unproductive days on southern cusp of New England waters in Jan & Feb 1942

September 27, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 27, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Cape Hatteras WWII Gneisenau Gottingen Jerry Mason Karlsruhe Norwegian ship Edga San Arcadio U-103 U-107 uboatarchive.net

U-103 under Werner Winter spent 11 days off New England, Jan/Feb 1942 – no ships sunk there

September 27, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 27, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
China Arrow India Arrow Montauk in WWII New England in WWII Paukenschlag U-103 U-106 U-107 U-Boats in New England U-Boats offshore WL Steed

U-106 under Hermann Rasch spent 7 days off New England Jan/Feb 1942 but sank nothing

September 27, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 27, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Amerikaland Empire Wildebeeste Gudmundur Helgasson midget class Seehund and Biber Opawa Schiffer Miltary Aviation HIstory Traveller U-106

U-654 under Forster, 5-day incursion into New England, no ships sunk there

September 27, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 27, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Axel B-18 Digby Busch and Röll FF Alysse K-100 Flower Class Corvette Georg Guðmundur; Högel Helgasson Niestlé U-29 U-62 U-654 uboatarchive.net USAAF Sqdn 45 Ziethen Wolfpack

U-130 under Ernst Kals spent 11 days in New England waters Jan-Feb 1942, sinking Norwegian tanker Alexandra Hoegh

September 27, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 27, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
F/V Grand Marshall Francis E. Powell Friar Rock Nico Clausen Paukenschlag RCAF Bolingbroke Shelbourne Nova Scotia SS Halo U-109 U-123 U-125 U-130 U-587 Vernanger

U-109 under Heinrich “Ajax” Bleichrodt sank the Thirlby off Cape Sable, NS, Canada during a 12-day incursion in the Gulf of Maine in January 1942

September 22, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 22, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Admiral Hipper Gorch Foch Knights Cross MT Montrolite SS Halcyon SS Tacoma Star SS Thirlby Teddy Suhren U-109 U-123 U-125 U-130 U-34 U-67 U-8 USCG Eagle Wissman

U-125 under Ulrich Folkers’ fruitless 11-day patrol off Nantucket in Jan. 1942, scoured the coast of Siasconset, Mass.

September 22, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 22, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Admiral Donitz Axel Niestle Convoy HG 76 HMS Oribi HMS Snowflake Light Cruiser Emden Nantucket Lightship Nantucket WWII Sconset Siasconset SS Olney SS West Ivis U-123 U-125 Uboat.net Z-8 Bruno Heinemann

U-123 under Hardegen 1st patrol off New England of WWII Jan 12 1942 sank the Norness south of Block Island, barely escaped ramming by Kosmos II later

September 20, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 20, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Coimbra Cyclops F/V Malvina HMS Aurania F-28 Kosmos II Norness Reinhard Hardegen Rudolf Hoffmann U-123 U-510 U-511 USCGC Argo WPC 100 USS Atick AK 101 USS Ellyson DD-454 vonk Schroeter Walter Kaeding

U-759 under Rudolf Friedrich June 1943 Bahamas patrol

April 25, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated April 25, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas U-Boat Patrols
U-759 U-boats Bahamas WWII

U-753 under Alfred Manhardt von Mannstein May 1942 Bahamas patrol

April 25, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated April 25, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas U-Boat Patrols
Schooner Sande SS Domino U-751 U-753 U-boats Bahamas WWII

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