Английская Википедия:German submarine U-173
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German submarine U-173 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was laid down at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 1013, launched on 11 August 1941 and commissioned on 15 November with Fregattenkapitän Heinz-Ehler Beucke in command.
U-173 began her service career with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She was reassigned to the 2nd flotilla for operations on 1 July 1942.
Design
German Type IXC submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXBs. U-173 had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert when at the surface and Шаблон:Convert while submerged.Шаблон:Sfn The U-boat had a total length of Шаблон:Convert, a pressure hull length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a height of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two Шаблон:Convert propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Шаблон:Convert and a maximum submerged speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn When submerged, the boat could operate for Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert; when surfaced, she could travel Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. U-173 was fitted with six Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one [[10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun|Шаблон:Convert SK C/32 naval gun]], 180 rounds, and a [[3.7 cm SK C/30|Шаблон:Convert SK C/30]] as well as a [[2 cm FlaK 30|Шаблон:Convert C/30]] anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight.Шаблон:Sfn
Service history
First patrol
The boat departed Kiel on 15 June 1942, moved through the North Sea and negotiated the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She crossed the Atlantic Ocean and entered the Caribbean Sea. She entered Lorient, on the French Atlantic coast, on 20 September.
Second patrol
The submarine attempted the disruption of the Operation Torch landings (the invasion of North Africa) on 11 November 1942. She attacked convoy UGF-1 which was at anchor in Fedhala Roads. She hit three ships, sinking Шаблон:USS and damaging two more. One of the damaged vessels, the destroyer Шаблон:USS, was towed to nearby Casablanca where Seabees cut the ship in two, removed about Шаблон:Convert of hull, then joined the two halves together again; she survived the war.
A few days later and further north, U-173 torpedoed but did not sink Шаблон:USS, on 15 November. This vessel also survived the war, not being broken up until 1974.
Loss
The boat was sunk by depth charges from the American destroyers Шаблон:USS, Шаблон:USS, and Шаблон:USS in the Atlantic Ocean off Casablanca (Шаблон:Coord) on 16 November 1942. All fifty-seven hands were lost.[1]
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 1] | Fate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 November 1942 | Шаблон:USS | Шаблон:Navy | 1,630 | Damaged |
| 11 November 1942 | Шаблон:USS | Шаблон:Navy | 9,359 | Sunk |
| 11 November 1942 | Шаблон:USS | Шаблон:Navy | 10,172 | Damaged |
| 15 November 1942 | Шаблон:USS | Шаблон:Navy | 8,113 | Damaged |
References
Notes
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Further reading
External links
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- ↑ An Army at Dawn, Rick Atkinson, page 153
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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