SM U 152
SM U 152 was a U 151 type U -cruiser during World War I.
U 152 was built in Hamburg as part of the German fleet building program. It entered service in October 1917. Originally planned as a merchant submarine to transport essential war material through the British naval blockade, it was converted into a warship during construction. U 152 was deployed in the Atlantic in the last year of the war.
Calls
The following ships were sunk:
- US schooner Julia Frances on January 27, 1918
- US schooner AE Whyland on March 13, 1918
- USS Ticonderoga (1918) on October 4, 1918
- Norwegian Bark Stifinder on October 13, 1918
The following ships were damaged:
- USS George G. Henry
Sinking of the USS Ticonderoga
The freighter, formerly Kamilla Rickmers , transported a load of horses for the western front. He was on the Atlantic, some 3000 km from the American east coast. Due to a machine problem, the ship could not keep up with its convoy. Without being discovered beforehand, U 152 was able to shoot a torpedo and stop the ship. The fire with the 15 cm deck guns was then picked up at a distance of 500 m. The first shot damaged the bridge and the forecastle, the second one of the bow guns. The fire was returned and lasted over two hours. The commander of USS Ticonderoga , Lt. Cmdr. Madison, was so badly injured in the foot during the battle that it later had to be amputated in the hospital. Sitting in a chair, however, he could continue to lead the ship and give orders to fire. His last order was to leave the ship, then he passed out from blood loss. He could be brought to the last lifeboat not shot and survived together with 31 other sailors, 205 were killed. The survivors were rescued four days later by the British steamer Moorish Prince . U 152 took Lieutenant Frank L. Muller, USNRF, the first officer of the Ticonderoga and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Junius H. Fulcher, USNRF, on board.
For his heroic struggle, Lt. Cmdr. Madison awarded the Medal of Honor . The USS Madison (DD-425) was named in his honor in 1940 .
Skirmish with the USS George G. Henry
The tanker was marching back from France to the USA. On September 29, 1918, he was shot at by U 152 . One grenade hit the ship, another narrowly missed its target. Several sailors were injured and a fire started. The freighter managed to escape. By the end of the war, he was able to carry out four more important war transports to France.
Whereabouts
After returning to Germany in November 1918, the submarine was awarded the loot of the United Kingdom after the war ended and ran to Harwich to surrender there. On the way to being scrapped, the boat sank in 1921.
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The above photo from November 30, 1918 shows the former captured officers of the USS Ticonderoga as they pass through the Kiel Canal . Third from right is Lieutenant Frank L. Muller, USNRF, and the other is Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Junius H. Fulcher, USNRF. You were in command on this transfer trip.
Picture gallery
USS Ticonderoga in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
Newspaper report of the sinking of the USS Ticonderoga
Downfall of the Bark Stifinder , October 1918
Prisoners of war on deck of U 152
USS George G. Henry
literature
- Bodo Herzog, Günter Schomaekers: Knights of the deep, gray wolves. The most successful submarine commanders in the world. 2nd expanded, supplemented and corrected edition. Verlag Welsermühl, Wels et al. 1976, ISBN 3-85339-136-2 .
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes-Verlag Hans Jürgen Hansen, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
- Eberhard Möller, Werner Brack: Encyclopedia of German U-Boats. From 1904 to the present. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02245-1 .
Web links
- U 152 on the history pages of the USNavy
Individual evidence
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