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German submarine U-38 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. [1] Her keel was laid down on 15 April 1937, by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen as yard number 943. She was launched on 9 August 1938 and commissioned on 24 October with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Liebe in command. [1]
Like U-37, U-38 conducted eleven patrols. [17] During these patrols she managed to sink or damage over 30 enemy vessels. [18] Like U-37, U-38 ranks as one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, holding 10th place. [13] With World War II drawing to a disastrous close for Germany, U-38 was scuttled by her own crew west of Wesermünde on ...
The German military submarines known as U-boats that were in action during World War II were built between 1935 and 1944, and were numbered in sequence from U-1 upwards. . Numbering was according to the sequence in which construction orders were allocated to the individual shipyards, rather than commissioning date; thus some boats carrying high numbers were commissioned well before boats with ...
The Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38 when assigned to Third Fleet, TF 58 when assigned to Fifth Fleet) was a group of ships in World War II.It was the main striking force of the United States Navy in the Pacific War from January 1944 through the end of the war in September 1945.
Quickly demobilized after World War II, the 38th Infantry Division was reorganized and federally recognized on 5 March 1947 at Indianapolis, Indiana. During the intervening years, the 38th Infantry Division underwent numerous reorganizations while still retaining the designation as an infantry division.
U-38 may refer to one of the following German submarines: SM U-38 , was a Type U 31 submarine launched in 1914 and that served in the First World War until surrendered on 23 February 1919 During the First World War, Germany also had these submarines with similar names:
World War II USS Pampanito (SS-383) 38 8-1/8 diesel engines. From the Muskegon, Michigan, Silversides Submarine Museum. USS Silversides (SS-236). Fairbanks Morse & Co. 38 8-1/8 diesel engine. Historically, the opposed-piston engine was used in U.S. diesel-electric submarines of World War II and the 1950s. [5]
German submarine U-382 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out seven patrols before being badly damaged by British bombs in Wilhelmshaven on 12 January 1945.