German submarine U-508 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg...
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Type IX submarine (redirect from Type IX U-boat)
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November 1942 by U-508. Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats (Knight's Cross) sank two ships from the convoy on 7 November in two approaches aboard U-508. Hague, p.113...
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German submarine U-864 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II. On 9 February 1945, she became the only submarine in history...
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The design was possibly influenced by the German "U-cruisers" of the Type U-139 and Type U-151 U-boat classes, although V-4, V-5, and V-6 were all larger...
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Area codes 508 and 774 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The numbering plan area...
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Compliance Act was proposed in the U.S. legislature to correct the shortcomings of the original section 508; the original Section 508 had turned out to be mostly...
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German submarine U-196 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 10 June 1941 at the AG...
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Cuba during World War II (section The sinking of U-176)
Libertad. Manzanillo was sunk with the Santiago de Cuba on August 12, 1942, by U-508. The two ships were sailing in Special Convoy 12 when they were attacked...
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German submarine U-177 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 25 November 1940, at...
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German submarine U-852 was a Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine, which was a special long-range...
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the command of Commander Takakazu Kinashi, I-19 sighted and attacked the U.S. carrier Wasp, firing a spread of six torpedoes. Three of the torpedoes...
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German submarine U-862 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. After Germany's surrender in May 1945, U-862 put into Singapore...
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When fired with full propellant charge, the shells had a muzzle velocity of 508 meters per second with a maximum range of 12.39 km. The 53-OF-530 has a steel...
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sunk by torpedo 130 miles off Trinidad by the German Type IX submarine U-508. Four crew members and one passenger died. There were 56 survivors. Four...
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supported U.S. Army landings and ground operations with bombing and strafing missions, and intercepted enemy aircraft. With the islands secured, U.S. naval...
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The SCR-508 radio was a mobile Signal Corps Radio used by the U.S. Army during World War II, for short range ground communications. The SCR-508 series...
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torpedo attack by a German U-boat. Ships logs from William D. Porter and Iowa do not mention a lost depth charge nor a U-boat search on 13 November....
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also holds the distinction of sinking the highest warship tonnage of any U.S. submarine. She was lost in 1944, probably sunk by a mine off northern Hokkaidō...
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The 4th U-boat Flotilla (German 4. Unterseebootsflottille) was formed in May 1941 in Stettin under the command of Kapitänleutnant Werner Jacobsen. Nearly...
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USS Borie (DD-215) (section Final battle with U-405)
distinction in her final battle with U-405 in November 1943, exchanging small arms fire with and ramming the surfaced U-boat, although she was crippled during...
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1977,U.508)". British Museum. "The Happy Huntsman (E.133-1952)". Victoria and Albert Museum. Ashbee 1879, p. 372. Schiff 1969, plate 37. "Print (1977,U.564)"...
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submarine, avenging the loss of Corvina. List of U.S. Navy losses in World War II Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design...
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State Road 508 (SR 508), also known as NASA Boulevard, is a 1.4-mile-long (2.3 km) east–west road in Melbourne. It extends from Eddie Allen Road next...
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State Route 508 (SR 508) is a 32.84-mile (52.85 km) long state highway located in Lewis County within the U.S. state of Washington, extending from an...
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German submarine U-884 was a Type IXD/42 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her construction was ordered on 2 April 1942 and her...
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German submarine U-181 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 15 March 1941 at the DeSchiMAG...
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U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3. U.S...
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Campbell. The Submarine Has No Friends: Friendly Fire Incidents Involving U.S. Submarines During World War II. Syneca Research Group, Inc., 2019. ISBN 978-0-359-76906-3...
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