German submarine U-352
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Nazi Germany | ||
Name | U-352 | |
Ordered | 9 October 1939 | |
Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg | |
Yard number | 471 | |
Laid down | 11 March 1940 | |
Launched | 7 May 1941 | |
Commissioned | 28 August 1941 | |
Fate | Sunk on 9 May 1942 | |
General characteristics | ||
Class and type | Type VIIC submarine | |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) | |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) | |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted | |
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Identification codes: | M 00 518 | |
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Victories: | None | |
U-352 (submarine) shipwreck and remains | ||
Nearest city | MPS World War II Shipwrecks along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico MPS | |
NRHP reference No. | 15000804 | |
Added to NRHP | 12 November 2015 |
German submarine U-352 was a
Design
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph).
Service history
First patrol
U-352 left Kiel on 15 January 1942, and arrived at Bergen, in Norway, on 19 January.[2] She left the next day and patrolled south of Iceland, without success, before sailing to her new home port at Saint-Nazaire, in France, by 26 February.[4]
Second patrol
U-352 left St. Nazaire, on 7 April 1942, and sailed across the Atlantic to the north-eastern coast of the United States.
Wolfpacks
U-352 took part in one wolfpack, namely:
- Hecht (27 January – 4 February 1942)
Dive site
The wreck of U-352 was discovered 26 mi (42 km) south of Morehead City, in 1975, by George Purifoy.
In media
- "Reunion," a 1992 episode of the PBS television series Return to the Sea, tells the story of the sinking of U-352, includes footage of her wreck and 1992 interviews with crewmen from U-352 and Icarus, and documents a memorial service for the crew of U-352 over the site of her wreck on May 9, 1992, the 50th anniversary of her sinking.
References
- ^ a b c d Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC U-boat U-352". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-352". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d Gröner 1991, pp. 43–46.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Patrol of U-boat U-352 from 20 Jan 1942 to 26 Feb 1942". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Patrol of U-boat U-352 from 7 Apr 1942 to 9 May 1942". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ a b c Hoyt, JC (2009). "2008 Battle of the Atlantic Survey Methodology". In: Pollock NW, ed. Diving for Science 2009. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 28th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS; 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "U-boat Archive : FINAL REPORT OF INTERROGATION OF SURVIVORS FROM U-352 SUNK BY U.S.C.G. ICARUS ON MAY 9, 1942". uboatarchive.net. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
- ^ "German sub sank near U.S." The Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "DIVELOG 1.12 - WWII German UBoats". YouTube/RickAllen NP. Nautilus Productions. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ a b Myers, Robby (22 October 2017). "History of North Carolina's U-352 Shipwreck". Retrieved 30 June 2018.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-352". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 352". Deutsche U-Boote 1935–1945 – u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Warships of World War II German U-352[usurped]
- History Channel TV Show about U-352
- WWII German UBoats
- "German sub sank near U.S.," The Augusta Chronicle Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- U.S. Coast Guard History: U-352
- U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries exploration of U-352
- Return to the Sea Episode 204 "Reunion" at OceanArchives (Fair use policy for video at OceanArchives)