German submarine U-853 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 21 August 1942 by DeSchiMAG...
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368-foot, 7,500-ton coal ship, was sunk at the start of the Battle. U-853 was one of five U-boats dispatched in February 1945 for operations off the North...
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Type IX submarine (redirect from Type IX U-boat)
U-843 U-844 U-845 U-846 U-853 U-854 U-855 U-856 U-857 U-858 U-865 U-866 U-867 U-868 U-869 U-870 U-877 U-878 U-879 U-880 U-881 U-889 U-1221 U-1222 U-1223...
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until the U-853's destruction was confirmed the next morning by two blimps which dropped a few bombs on the Germans. U-853 may have been the last U-boat to...
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flotilla "Saltzwedel". U-534 headed for Bergen and arrived on 6 May 1944. Two days later she left on operational duty, along with U-853 and U-857, for weather...
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USS Atherton (section Sinking of U-853)
with USS Moberly encountered a U-boat, which was later identified as U-853. The battle took place shortly after U-853 had torpedoed the Boston-based collier...
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while towing targets for U.S. Navy bomber exercises off the coast of Maine, Eagle 56 was sunk by the German submarine U-853. Only 13 of the 62 crew survived...
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downtown area and contains a broad array of Block Island artifacts. U-853 is a U-boat wreck 7 miles (11 km) east of the island, lying in 130 ft (40 m)...
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place on 5–6 May 1945. There were two such actions, against U-853 off the Rhode Island coast and U-881, south of Cape Race, both sunk during the same period...
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Atlantic German submarine U-550 (discovered off Massachusetts) German submarine U-853 (destroyed off Rhode Island) German submarine U-869 (destroyed off New...
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Lorient Submarine Base (redirect from Lorient U-boat base)
surrounded by the Allies on 12 August 1944. The remaining U-boats were evacuated, the last, U-853, escaping for Norway on 27 August. Lorient was held until...
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Today and Tomorrow "FORT MILES & TWO GERMAN SUBMARINES: THE STORY OF U-853 AND U-858" http://www.fortmilesha.org/newsletter/pdf/nl_win_04.pdf Archived...
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made it virtually impossible for U-boats to catch them, although one attempted to attack the ship. On 25 May 1944, U-853 spotted Queen Mary and submerged...
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such as the Mistletoe, Black Warrior, USS Turner (DD-648), Oregon, and U-853, among others. Brooklyn Divers was operated successfully until 1978, when...
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German submarine U-869 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II; her keel was laid down 5 April 1943 by Deutsche...
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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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effect as a depth charge attack. USS Moberly makes a Hedgehog attack against U-853 in 1945. A large white upwelling of water from an underwater explosion just...
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uncovered with heavy units and he decided to operate closer to Gibraltar, where U-boat and Luftwaffe units had attacked convoy HG 53. On 11 February, Admiral...
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German submarine Wilhelm Bauer (redirect from Wilhelm Bauer (U-boat))
German submarine Wilhelm Bauer (originally designated U-2540) is a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy (Kriegsmarine), completed shortly before the...
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German submarine U-530 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg...
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German submarine U-17 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. It was built in Germaniawerft, Kiel, where it was laid down on 1 July 1935...
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mount was used on a number of U-boats (U-249, U-250, U-278, U-337, U-475, U-853, U-1058, U-1109 U-1023, U-1105, U-1165 and U-1306). 2 cm Flak C38 in a M...
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Celestial SS Wideawake SS Black Point sank May 5, 1945 by U-853 off Point Judith, Rhode Island, the last U-boat victim of the War. Liberty ships operated by Sprague...
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the Hamburg War Crimes Trial that he believed the ships were to be sunk by U-boats or Luftwaffe aircraft. Eva Neurath, who was present in Neustadt, and...
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UD-4, U-48, U-52, U-57, U-58, U-59, U-101, U-328, U-339, U-428, U-446, U-475, U-560, U-704, U-708, U-747, U-748, U-795, U-822, U-828, U-876, U-903, U-922...
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earning a battle star for her assistance in sinking a German submarine, U-853. The Burkholder-O'Keefe House, Moberly Commercial Historic District, and...
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List of Kriegsmarine ships (section U-boats)
through U-194 U-525 through U-550 U-801 through U-806 U-841 through U-846 U-853 through U-858 U-877 through U-882 U-885 through U-899 U-1221 through U-1235...
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Code page 853 (CCSID 853) (also known as CP 853 or IBM 00853) is a code page used under DOS to write Turkish, Maltese, and Esperanto. It includes all...
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Eagle-class patrol craft (section U.S. service)
in quantity. Apprised of the need for anti-submarine vessels to combat the U-boat menace, Ford replied, "what we want is one type of ship in large numbers...
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