Unterseeboot 66 (1941)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-66 |
| Ordered: | August 7, 1939 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen, yard 985 |
| Laid down: | March 20, 1940 |
| Launched: | October 10, 1940 |
| Commissioned: | January 2, 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk May 16, 1944 west of the Cape Verde Islands by depth charges. 24 dead and 36 survivors. |
| Class and type: | Type IX U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kriegsmarine: 2. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Identification codes | M 21 181 |
| Commanders | Richard Zapp Friedrich Markworth Paul Frerks Gerhard Seehausen |
| Operations | 9 |
| Victories | 33 ships sunk for a total of 200.021 gross register tons (GRT) 2 ships damaged for a total of 22.674 GRT 2 warships damaged for a total of 64 tons |
Unterseeboot 66 (usually abbreviated to U-66) was a German Type IXC U-boat built during World War II. U-66 was one of the most successful boats, succeeding in sinking over 200,000 tons of allied shipping in 9 patrols, a career lasting more than three years.
U-66 was built at the AG Weser in Bremen during 1940, and was ready for service in 1941. After her warm up, designed to give her an opportunity to train and repair minor faults, she was deployed into the Atlantic Ocean in January, 1942 and saw overwhelming success damaging 2 and sinking 35 ships, including 2 warships.
[edit] Fate
On the May 6, 1944 she was sunk west of the Cape Verde Islands by depth charges, ramming and gunfire from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Block Island and by the destroyer escort USS Buckley. U-66 was lost at position with 24 dead and 36 survivors.
[edit] References
- uboat.net webpage for U-66
- ubootwaffe.net webpage for U-66
- uboataces.com webpage with insignia for U-66
See Also: List of U-boats
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