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German submarine U-66 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. [1] The submarine was laid down on 20 March 1940 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen, launched on 10 October and commissioned on 2 January 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Richard Zapp as part of the 2nd U-boat Flotilla.
The Buckley backed off, but the submarine pursued, striking the Buckley on the starboard side at the engine room. The collision also broke the ship's starboard propeller shaft. [1] The U-66 disengaged and slowly backed away, but not before hand grenades were thrown into the gaping hole in the flaming conning tower. [1]
Sunk 6 May 1944 by Grumman F4F Wildcats and Grumman TBF Avengers of USS Block Island, rammed by destroyer escort USS Buckley. Richard Zapp Friedrich Markworth Paul Frerks Gerhard Seehausen: U-68: IXC: 11 February 1941 197,998 33 10 Sunk 10 April 1944, depth charges and rockets fired by F4F Wildcats and TBM Avengers of USS Guadalcanal. Karl ...
The Buckley-class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943–44. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and antisubmarine warfare ships. The lead ship was USS Buckley which was launched on 9 January 1943. The ships had General Electric steam turbo-electric transmission.
USS Evarts (DE-5) 15 April 1943: 105 65 Buckley: TE USS Buckley (DE-51) 30 April 1943: 154 65 Cannon: DET USS Cannon (DE-99) 26 September 1943: 116 58 Edsall: FMR USS Edsall (DE-129) 10 April 1943 85 85 Rudderow: TEV USS Rudderow (DE-224) 15 May 1944: 252 21 John C. Butler: WGT USS John C. Butler (DE-339) 31 March 1944: 293 83 Dealey: SCB 72
SM U-66 was the lead ship of the Type U-66 submarines or U-boats for the Imperial German Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I.The submarine had been laid down in Kiel in November 1913 as U-7, the lead ship of the U-7 class for the Austro-Hungarian Navy (German: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine).
U-1059 was transporting torpedoes to the Monsun Gruppe ("Monsoon Group"), a group of U-boats that operated in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Of U-1059’s crew, 47 were killed and 8 captured. [4] On 6 May 1944, Block Island and destroyer escort Buckley sank U-66 at
Dennis Joseph Buckley Jr. was born on 22 April 1920, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.He enlisted in the Navy on 30 September 1940. Fireman First Class Buckley was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for displaying exceptional courage in attempting to salvage the German blockade runner Karin which had been intercepted by his ship, the destroyer USS Eberle on 10 March 1943.