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Tag: Knights Cross

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-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-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-155 under Piening spent 3 weeks (19 days) in Bahamas area, sank Gulfstate off Florida Keys, Feb.-March 1943

July 13, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 13, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
cruiser Deutschland HMS Avenger Knights Cross SS Gulfstate SS Lysefjord U-128 U-155 U-48

Ernst Kals of U-130 sank Grenanger, Esso Boston east of Bahamas in April 1942

July 6, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 6, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
1942 Anegada Passage Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean Bullenbay Curacao Grenanger Hardegen Knights Cross Mona Passage SS Esso Boston U-130 UBoats Bahamas

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