U-172

CountryGermany
Ship ClassType IX-class Submarine
BuilderDeutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
Yard Number1012
Ordered23 Dec 1939
Laid Down11 Dec 1940
Launched31 Jul 1941
Commissioned5 Nov 1941

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11 Aug 1943 German submarine U-172 arrived at the site of U-604's scuttling in the Atlantic Ocean, picking up survivors. They were detected by the Liberator bomber piloted by Lieutenant Commander B. J. Prueher of US Navy squadron VB-107. The Germans fired their deck guns and shot down the bomber, killing the entire crew. One sailor aboard U-172 was killed.
12 Dec 1943 TBF Avengers from USS Bogue attacked the surfaced German submarine U-172 in the eastern Atlantic using Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedoes. U-172 evaded the attack but a 27-hour running battle followed.
13 Dec 1943 After TBF Avengers from USS Bogue attacked the surfaced German submarine U-172 in the eastern Atlantic the day before and after a 27-hour running battle that included over 200 depth charges being dropped from the destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram, and USS Du Pont, U-172 sank with 13 killed and 46 survivors taken prisoner.




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