U 177
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| Type : | IX D2 |
| Field Post Number : | M 16669 |
| Keel laying: | November 25, 1940 |
| Launch: | October 1, 1941 |
| Commissioning: | March 14, 1942 |
| Commanders: |
March 14, 1942 - March 23, 1943 Corvette Captain Wilhelm Schulze March 24, 1942 - October 16, 1943 Corvette Captain Robert Gysae October 17, 1943 - February 6, 1944 Corvette Captain Heinz Buchholz |
| Flotilla: |
4th submarine flotilla: March 14, 1942 - September 30, 1942 10th U-Flotilla: October 1, 1942 - November 30, 1942 12th U-Flotilla: December 1, 1942 - February 6, 1944 |
| Calls: | 1st patrol from September 17, 1942 - January 22, 1943. 2nd patrol from April 1, 1943 - October 1, 1943. 3rd patrol from January 2, 1944 - February 6, 1944. |
| Sinkings: |
14 ships with 87,388 tons sunk. One ship with 2,588 tons damaged |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on February 6, 1944 in the South Atlantic west of Ascension . |
U 177 was a German submarine of the type IX D2 , which was used by the navy in World War II . It was on 1 October 1941 by stack and was put into service on March 14, the 1,942th Since the submarine was a long-range boat, it was used around Africa from spring 1943. At this time U 177 was commanded by Corvette Captain Gysae . On a patrol in the Indian Ocean between April and October 1943, a team from the Wochenschau was also on board to shoot a report that was broadcast as "Deutsche Wochenschau 697, on January 12, 1944".
U 177 undertook a total of three enemy voyages, on which 14 ships with 87,388 tons were sunk.
The boat was on February 6, 1944 in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of Ascension traveling 10 ° 35 '0 " S , 23 ° 15' 0" W , when it Was surprised by a B-24 Liberator of the VB-107 squadron (Pilot Lieutenant CI Pinnell) of the United States Navy . Only the bridge crew, two officers, ten non-commissioned officers and two men survived the air attack that followed. The survivors were picked up by the US cruiser USS Omaha . The commander and 35 other crew members were killed.
literature
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Translated from English by Alfred P. Zeller, Urbes-Verlag, Gräfelfing vor München 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 174.