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Unterseeboot 72 or U-72 was a German Type VIIC World War II submarine commissioned on 4 January 1941. U-72 served with 24. Unterseebootsflottille, a training unit and later with 21. Unterseebootsflottille, also a training unit from 2 July 1941 to 30 March 1945. U-72 was used thought-out World War II as a training boat until it was damaged in a daylight American bombing raid on 30 March 1945. U-72 was scuttled on 2 May 1945.
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- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
