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    was powered by two AEG GU 460/8-276 (except in U-45, U-46, U-49, U-51, U-52, U-54, U-73 to U-76, U-99 and U-100, which retained the BBC motor of the VIIA)...
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    (from about 1020-1060) has the singular form Garðr (U 636) which probably was used for Kiev" Runor U 636, section Inscription, Rune reading: "alui · lit ·...
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    least seven of the Varangian runestones, G 114, N 62, Sö 148, Sö 338, U 209, U 636, and Öl 28, refer to Scandinavian men who had been in Garðar. The word...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-995
    German submarine U-995 is a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany...
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  • German submarine U-636 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 2 October 1941...
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  • Thumbnail for Virginia State Route 636
    State Route 636 (SR 636) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese battleship Yamato
    American troop transports, they encountered a light escort carrier group of the U.S. Navy's Task Force 77, "Taffy 3", in the Battle off Samar, sinking or helping...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-96 (1940)
    German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. It was made famous after the war in Lothar-Günther...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-48 (1939)
    German submarine U-48 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, and the most successful that was commissioned. During...
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  • German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 25 February 1937 at Friedrich Krupp...
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  • Thumbnail for Kilo-class submarine
    until the mid-1990s, when production switched to the more advanced Project 636 Varshavyanka (Russian: Варшавянка, after the revolutionary song of the same...
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  • German submarine U-1206 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 12 June 1943 at F. Schichau GmbH...
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  • Thumbnail for German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin
    U-1063, U-1235 16 Apr: HMCS Esquimalt, Lützow, USS Pringle, U-78, U-880, U-1274 17 Apr: Goya 19 Apr: Aquila, U-251, U-548, U-879 21 Apr: U-636 22 Apr: USS Swallow...
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  • German submarine U-691 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her construction by Howaldtswerke of Hamburg was ordered...
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  • German submarine U-571 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany for service during World War II. U-571 conducted eleven war patrols...
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    Novaya Zemlya, at which point they would return to Norway. Two U-boats — U-251 and U-456 — patrolled the Kara Gate and the Yugorsky Strait. The Germans...
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  • Thumbnail for Italian aircraft carrier Aquila
    U-1063, U-1235 16 Apr: HMCS Esquimalt, Lützow, USS Pringle, U-78, U-880, U-1274 17 Apr: Goya 19 Apr: Aquila, U-251, U-548, U-879 21 Apr: U-636 22 Apr: USS Swallow...
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  • U-27 U-28 U-29 U-30 U-31 U-32 U-33 U-34 U-35 U-36 U-45 U-46 U-47 U-48 U-49 U-50 U-51 U-52 U-53 U-54 U-55 U-73 U-74 U-75 U-76 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-99...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942)
    Her survivors could see Yamato in the distance, still steaming south as U.S. aircraft continued their attacks. However, in reality, Yamato was only...
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  • Thumbnail for MV Goya
    Germany and in 1942 refitted as an auxiliary transport vessel for German U-boats. In 1943, Goya was turned into a depot ship (tender), providing support...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-977
    final design of mount used on U-boats and is only known to be installed on (U-249, U-826, U-1023, U-1171, U-1305 and U-1306).[citation needed] The 3.7 cm...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Laffey (DD-724)
    and the most unrelenting kamikaze air attack in history. Today, Laffey is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is preserved as a museum ship at Patriots...
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  • German submarine U-331 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, famous for sinking the battleship HMS Barham. The submarine...
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  • German submarine U-564 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during the Second World War. The RAF sank her in the Bay...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Bullhead
    permission to go on a submarine war patrol from the office of Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. His request was approved...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-100 (1940)
    German submarine U-100 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. German Type VIIB submarines were preceded by the shorter...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Mannert L. Abele
    Three Minutes off Okinawa: The Sinking of the Radar Picket Destroyer the U. S. S. Mannert L. Abele by Japanese Kamikaze Aircraft . The wreck of the Mannert...
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  • German submarine U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Laid down on 1 February 1940 at the...
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  • Thumbnail for German cruiser Deutschland
    simulated war operations together with the U-boats U-27 and U-30. It proved to be too difficult to direct U-boats operating independently from a ship at...
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  • II Corps and supporting Allied units capturing Bologna. German submarine U-636 was depth charged and sunk west of Ireland by British warships. Norbert...
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