U-664
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 15 Aug, 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 11 Jul, 1941 | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg (werk 813) | ||
| Launched | 28 Apr, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 17 Jun, 1942 | Oblt. Adolf Graef | ||
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| Career | 5 patrols | 17 Jun, 1942 - 31 Oct, 1942 8. Flottille (training) 1 Nov, 1942 - 9 Aug, 1943 9. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 19.325 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 9 Aug, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 40.12N, 37.29W, by depth charges from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-1) of the US escort carrier USS Card. 7 dead and 44 survivors. | |||
See the 3 ships hit by U-664 - View the 5 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-664 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Raufbold (15 Dec, 1942 - 22 Dec, 1942)
Spitz (24 Dec, 1942 - 31 Dec, 1942)
Wildfang (25 Feb, 1943 - 7 Mar, 1943)
Raubgraf (7 Mar, 1943 - 20 Mar, 1943)
Attacks on this boat
1 Nov, 1942
An American Catalina aircraft (Sqdn VP 84 in Iceland, pilot R. C. Child) with depth charges causing severe damages and forcing the boat to abort to France. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 43.)
8 Aug, 1943
The boat found the unalert escort-carrier USS Card in a darkness and attacked her with 3 torpedoes before the Americans noticed him and drove him under and attacked with depth charges causing no damages. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 385.)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-664 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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