WWII U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U-173

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Please note that in the table below you can find a 'Map' column. This helps to find that particular attack on the map below.

Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
11 Nov 1942Hans-Adolf Schweichel USS Joseph Hewes (AP 50)9,359amUGF-1A
11 Nov 1942Hans-Adolf Schweichel USS Winooski (AO 38) (d.)10,172amUGF-1B
11 Nov 1942Hans-Adolf Schweichel USS Hambleton (DD 455) (d.)1,630amUGF-1C
15 Nov 1942Hans-Adolf Schweichel USS Electra (AK 21) (d.)8,113amUGF-1D
 29,274

1 ship sunk (9,359 tons) and 3 ships damaged (19,915 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.

In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.
In other cases the posititions are too close and the markers overlap, not much we can do about that.

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