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Last U-Boat in Caribbean WW2?
Posted by: ericwiberg ()
Date: July 13, 2011 08:53AM

What was the last U-boat/s sent to patrol the Bahamas / Caribbean in WWII? I heard that in May 1945 there was a German sub outward bound to patrol the Caribs.

My records show the last patrol in the area East of Florida out to the line Bermuda - Anegada was the U-518 in Sept. 1944 (it rode out a hurricane but made no hits), and that on June 5, 1944 U-539 sank the tanker PILLORY off Puerto Rico.
But I have no U-Boat patrols North of the Antilles (ie Anegada, Mona, or Windward Passages or Straits of Florida) after Sept. 1944 up to May 1945.

Your input most welcome as I have a list of 1500 sea patrol days in the region from WWII and don't want to leave it incomplete.

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