German submarine U-176

IX C

September 12, 1941

December 15, 1941

Lieutenant Commander Reiner Dierksen

U 176 was a German U- Boat Type IX C, which was used in World War II by the Kriegsmarine. It was launched on September 12, 1941 from the pile and was put into service on 15 December 1941.

On May 15, 1943, was north-east of Havana, at the coordinates 23 ° 21 ' N, 80 ° 18' W23.35 - 80.3 sunk by a Vought Kingfisher squadron VS- 62 of the U.S. Navy and the Cuban patrol boat CS13. The entire 52-man crew with Lieutenant Commander Reiner Dierksen thereby lost their lives.

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