U-576
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 1 Aug 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 552) | ||
| Launched | 30 Apr 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 26 Jun 1941 | Kptlt. Hans-Dieter Heinicke | ||
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| Career | 5 patrols | 26 Jun 1941 - 1 Sep 1941 7. Flottille (training) 1 Sep 1941 - 15 Jul 1942 7. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 4 ships sunk for a total of 15,450 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 19,457 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 15 July, 1942 in the north Atlantic near Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 34.51N, 75.22W, by depth charges from 2 US Kingfisher aircraft (VC-9) and ramming by the US motor vessel Unicoi. 45 dead (all hands lost). | |||
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General notes on this boat
The loss of U-576
It was on 15 July 1942 when convoy KS-520 proceeding from Norfolk to Key West, Florida came across the U-576. The U-576 attacked hitting 3 ships – sinking one and damaging two. The U-576 was hit by the deck gun from the USS Unicoi and bombed by 2 VS-9 Kingfisher aircraft for the kill. The planes were piloted by ENS. Frank C. Lewis and Charles D. Webb of the VS-9D4, NAS Cherry Point NC. They were part of the Eastern Sea Frontier Inshore Patrol Squadron.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-576 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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