U-173

Type

IXC

 
Ordered23 Dec 1939
Laid down 21 Dec 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1013)
Launched11 Aug 1941
Commissioned15 Nov 1941Fregkpt. Heinz-Ehler Beucke
Commanders
15 Nov 1941 - Oct, 1942   Heinz-Ehler Beucke
Oct, 1942 - 16 Nov 1942  Oblt. Hans-Adolf Schweichel
Career2 patrols 15 Nov 1941 - 30 Jun 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Jul 1942 - 16 Nov 1942  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 9,359 GRT
2 auxiliary warships damaged for a total of 18,285 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 1,630 tons
Fate

Sunk 16 Nov 1942 at Casablanca in position 33.40N, 07.35W by depth charges from the US destroyers USS Woolsey, USS Swanson and USS Quick. 57 dead (all hands lost).

See the 4 ships hit by U-173 - View the 2 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-173 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.