German submarine U-55 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 16 July 1937 and laid down on 2 November...

U-55 may refer to one of the following German submarines: SM U-55, a Type U 51 submarine launched in 1916 and that served in the First World War until...

1938 at Bremen; she was launched in May 1939 and commissioned in August. Between November 1939 and July 1943, the U-boat conducted 14 combat patrols, sinking...

stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. U-48 was built at the Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 583 during 1938 and 1939, being completed a few months before...

Hans-Joachim (2001). Deutsche U-Boot-Erfolge von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat successes from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German)...

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)...

Kiel as yard number 584. Launched on 24 June 1939, she was commissioned on 12 August and assigned to the 7th U-Boat Flotilla under the command of Kurt von...

State Highway 55 (SH 55) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. It runs from Uvalde northwestward through the western Hill Country onto the Edwards...

January 1939, Raeder ordered 52 more U-boats to be completed by 1942: Twenty-one medium 500-ton type VIIB U-boats Eleven large 750-ton type IXB U-boats...

7th Flotilla for her entire career. U-47 was sent to sea in a pre-emptive move before war broke out in September 1939; this move would enable her to engage...

Sunderland sighted a U-boat, German submarine U-55 (1939), unable to submerge after sinking three ships. It directed destroyers to engage it. U-55 was scuttled...

The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which...

Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 – Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 – The Knight's...

Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Schuch as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla. Between August 1939 and March 1941, U-37 conducted eleven combat patrols, sinking 53 merchant...

October 1939 by HMS Scotstoun north of Iceland and escorted to Leith. To MoWT and renamed Empire Unity. Torpedoed on 4 May 1945 and damaged by U-979 south-west...

W. (September 1994). "Impact of technology on the defeat of the U-boat September 1939 – May 1943". IEE Proceedings - Science, Measurement and Technology...

(1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]...

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)...

cheerfulness and sophisticated charm. America was launched on 31 August 1939 and was sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of then-president of the United...

Newsweek. Vol. 13, no. 18. May 1, 1939. pp. 46, 49. ProQuest 1796267678. Cotter 2009, p. 55. Markland, John (July 9, 1939). "Tour of the States at the World's...

Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Glattes in command. On 14 September 1939, just 27 days after she began her first patrol, U-39 attempted to sink the British aircraft carrier...

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)...

February 1939 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Kuppisch. German Type IIC submarines were enlarged versions of the original Type IIs. U-58 had...

Glasoe & F. G. Slack (1939). "The Fission of Uranium". Physical Review. 55 (5): 511. Bibcode:1939PhRv...55..511A. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.55.511.2. Richard Rhodes...

The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with the...

Yemeni states in 1939 The figures for Danzig are from 1929. Semi-independent British dominion Semi-independent British dominion "U.S. Census BureauWorld...

Johannes Franz, who commanded the boat until her loss on 20 September 1939. U-27 had a very short career, with only one war patrol and only two enemy...

Hans-Joachim (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War, 1939-1945: German U-boat losses from...

(1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]...

Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway that serves the middle of the United States. It runs 963.5 miles (1,550.6 km) from I-10...