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U-161 16/7/42 hunted after sinking SS Fairport
Posted by: DavidIsby ()
Date: August 25, 2017 01:52PM

On 16 July 1942, 500 miles north of the Virgin Islands, the U-161, under Korvettenkapitan Albrecht Achilles, torpedoed and sank, in daylight, the US transport SS Fairport as part of fast Convoy AS 4 (America-Suez). The convoy was being escorted by US Navy destroyers and PBYs. These subsequently hunted the U-boat for nine hours.

Some sources have said that the U-161 was damaged by a PBY attack during the hunt. Is this actually the case?

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