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Missing U-boats of World War II (46 P) Pages in category "Missing submarines of World War II" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
The Lost 52 Project is a private organization founded by Tim Taylor to do research on the 52 U.S. Navy submarines lost on patrol during the Second World War, performing discovery, exploration, and underwater archeology where possible. [1] [2] Found, so far: [3] [4] [5]
During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered one of the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. [3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, resulting in a total fatality rate of around 22%.
Its wreck has yet to be found. This is a list of missing ships and wrecks. If it is known that the ship in question sank, then its wreck has not yet been located. Ships are usually declared lost and assumed wrecked after a period of disappearance. The disappearance of a ship usually implies all hands lost.
German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. [1] She was laid down on 25 February 1937 at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 582 and went into service on 17 December 1938 under the command of Günther Prien.
Pages in category "Missing U-boats of World War II" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. U.
Lost after 8 April 1945: Possibly sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kōkūtai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna. Swordfish: SS-193 Sargo class: Ryukyu Islands: Lost about 12 January 1945: Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or sunk by kaibokan CD-4. Tang: SS-306 Balao class: Formosa Strait: 25 October 1944: Sunk by circular ...
World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in Allied air raids at Hamburg between 30 March and 8 April. She was refloated in 1948, repaired and entered West German service in 1950 as Clare Grammerstorf. [6] Elbing Germany: World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by artillery shelling and beached at Schweinesand. She was later ...