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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Japanese_submarine_RO-500_in_1943.jpg/450px-Japanese_submarine_RO-500_in_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Japanese_submarine_RO-500_in_1943.jpg/600px-Japanese_submarine_RO-500_in_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="407" /></a></span><div><i>U-511</i> as <i>Ro-500</i> in 1943</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/47px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/70px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/94px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>U-511</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>20 October 1939</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Werft" title="Deutsche Werft">Deutsche Werft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Yard number</td><td>307</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>21 February 1941</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>22 September 1941</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>8 December 1941</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold to Japan on 16 September 1943</td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/42px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/63px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/84px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Ro-500</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>16 September 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Surrendered in August 1945</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Scuttled on 30 April 1946</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/German_Type_IX_submarine#Type_IXC" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type IX submarine">Type IXC</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,120 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a> (1,100 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) <a href="/wiki/O/a" class="mw-redirect" title="O/a">o/a</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) <a href="/wiki/Pressure_hull" class="mw-redirect" title="Pressure hull">pressure hull</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Height</td><td>9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4,400 PS (3,200 kW; 4,300 bhp) (diesels)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 shp) (electric)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 shafts</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Motor-generator" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor-generator">electric motors</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">7.7 knots (14.3 km/h; 8.9 mph) submerged</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">13,450 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (24,910 km; 15,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Test depth</td><td>230 m (750 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>4 officers, 44 enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> (4 bow, 2 stern)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/10.5_cm_SK_C/32_naval_gun" title="10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun">10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/32</a> <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck gun</a> (180 rounds)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/3.7_cm_SK_C/30" title="3.7 cm SK C/30">3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30</a> AA gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × twin <a href="/wiki/2_cm_FlaK_30" class="mw-redirect" title="2 cm FlaK 30">2 cm FlaK 30</a> AA guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service record (<i>Kriegsmarine</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-patrols_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patrols-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> </tr> <tr><td>Part of:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/4th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="4th U-boat Flotilla">4th U-boat Flotilla</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 December 1941 – 31 July 1942</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/10th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="10th U-boat Flotilla">10th U-boat Flotilla</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 August 1942 – 1 September 1943</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td>Identification codes:</td><td> M 42 792</td></tr><tr><td>Commanders:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Kptlt." class="mw-redirect" title="Kptlt.">Kptlt.</a></i> Friedrich Steinhoff</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 December 1941 – 17 December 1942</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Kptlt.</i> Fritz Schneewind</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">18 December 1942 – 20 November 1943</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td>Operations:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 patrols:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1st patrol:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">16 July – 29 September 1942</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2nd patrol:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">24 October – 28 November 1942</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3rd patrol:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">31 December 1942 – 8 March 1943</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4th patrol:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 May – 7 August 1943</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td>Victories:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 merchant ships sunk <br />(41,373 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 merchant ship damaged <br />(8,773 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service record (IJN)<sup id="cite_ref-ijnsubsite_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ijnsubsite-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> </tr> <tr><td>Part of:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_District" title="Kure Naval District">Kure Naval District Force</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">16 September 1943 – 5 May 1945</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">51st Squadron</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 May – August 1945</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td>Commanders:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Sa_(rank)" title="Sa (rank)">Kaigun-shōsa</a></i> Kiyoshi Taoka</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">16 September – 3 December 1943</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">Kaigun-tai-i</a></i> Sadao Uesugi</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 December 1943 – 31 January 1944</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Kaigun-tai-i</i> Toshio Yamazaki</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">31 January – 30 April 1944</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Kaigun-tai-i</i> Mitsuo Shiizuka</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">30 April – 5 July 1944</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Kaigun-tai-i</i> Norio Yamamoto</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 July – 15 September 1944</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Kaigun-tai-i</i> Yasuhisa Yamamoto</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">15 September 1944 – August 1945</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td>Operations:</td><td> None</td></tr><tr><td>Victories:</td><td> None</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>German submarine <i>U-511</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/German_Type_IX_submarine#Type_IXC" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type IX submarine">Type IXC</a> <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The submarine was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> on 21 February 1941 at the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Werft" title="Deutsche Werft">Deutsche Werft</a> yard in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> as yard number 307, <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 22 September 1941 and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 8 December 1941 under the command of <i><a href="/wiki/Kapit%C3%A4nleutnant" title="Kapitänleutnant">Kapitänleutnant</a></i> Friedrich Steinhoff.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After training with the <a href="/wiki/4th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="4th U-boat Flotilla">4th U-boat Flotilla</a>, from May 1942, <i>U-511</i> was used for testing the possibility of launching <a href="/wiki/30_cm_W%C3%BCrfkorper_42_Spreng" class="mw-redirect" title="30 cm Würfkorper 42 Spreng"><i>Wurfkörper 42</i></a> 30 cm (12 in) artillery rockets from U-boats. In cooperation with the commanding officer's brother <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Steinhoff" title="Ernst Steinhoff">Ernst Steinhoff</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Peenem%C3%BCnde_Army_Research_Center" title="Peenemünde Army Research Center">Peenemünde Army Research Center</a>, a rack of six rockets were mounted on deck, and were successfully launched while on the surface and while submerged up to a depth of 12 metres (39 ft). However, the rockets were not particularly accurate and the racks on the deck had a negative effect on the U-boat's underwater handling and performance, so the project was abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U-boat was attached to the <a href="/wiki/10th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="10th U-boat Flotilla">10th U-boat Flotilla</a> for front-line service on 1 August 1942. In that role she carried out four war patrols, two commanded by <i>Kptlt.</i> Steinhoff, and two by <i>Kptlt.</i> Fritz Schneewind, sinking five ships totalling 41,373 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">gross register tons</a> (GRT) and damaging one of 8,773 GRT.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U-boat was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japan</a> on 16 September 1943 and served in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> as submarine <i><b>Ro-500</b></i> (呂500), spending its career as a training ship in <a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Japanese home waters</a>, until August 1945 when she surrendered to the Allies.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ro500_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ro500-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/German_Type_IX_submarine#Type_IXC" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type IX submarine">German Type IXC submarines</a> were slightly larger than the original <a href="/wiki/German_Type_IXB_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type IXB submarine">Type IXBs</a>. <i>U-511</i> had a displacement of 1,120 tonnes (1,100 long tons) when at the surface and 1,232 tonnes (1,213 long tons) while submerged.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner199168_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner199168-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U-boat had a total length of 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in), a <a href="/wiki/Pressure_hull" class="mw-redirect" title="Pressure hull">pressure hull</a> length of 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in), a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a <a href="/wiki/Draught_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draught (ship)">draught</a> of 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in). The submarine was powered by two <a href="/wiki/MAN_SE" title="MAN SE">MAN</a> M 9 V 40/46 <a href="/wiki/Supercharged" class="mw-redirect" title="Supercharged">supercharged</a> four-stroke, nine-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a> producing a total of 4,400 metric horsepower (3,240 kW; 4,340 shp) for use while surfaced, two <a href="/wiki/Siemens-Schuckert" title="Siemens-Schuckert">Siemens-Schuckert</a> 2 GU 345/34 <a href="/wiki/Motor%E2%80%93generator" title="Motor–generator">double-acting electric motors</a> producing a total of 1,000 shaft horsepower (1,010 PS; 750 kW) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.92 m (6 ft) <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propellers</a>. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner199168_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner199168-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner199168_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner199168-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When submerged, the boat could operate for 63 nautical miles (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 13,450 nautical miles (24,910 km; 15,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). <i>U-511</i> was fitted with six 53.3 cm (21 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a>, one <a href="/wiki/10.5_cm_SK_C/32_naval_gun" title="10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun">10.5 cm (4.13 in) SK C/32 naval gun</a>, 180 rounds, and a <a href="/wiki/3.7_cm_SK_C/30" title="3.7 cm SK C/30">3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30</a> as well as a <a href="/wiki/2_cm_FlaK_30" class="mw-redirect" title="2 cm FlaK 30">2 cm (0.79 in) C/30</a> anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_company" title="Ship's company">complement</a> of forty-eight.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner199168_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner199168-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_patrol">First patrol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 July 1942 <i>U-511</i> sailed from Kiel and across the Atlantic to the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>. </p><p>At 06:29 on 27 August, <i>U-511</i> fired a spread of four torpedoes at Convoy TAW-15, en route from <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a> to <a href="/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West">Key West</a>, about 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) south-south-east of <a href="/wiki/Guant%C3%A1namo_Bay" title="Guantánamo Bay">Guantánamo Bay</a> in Cuba, sinking two ships and damaging another.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 13,031 GRT British <a href="/wiki/Tank_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank ship">tanker</a> <i>San Fabian</i>, loaded with 18,000 tons of fuel oil, was hit and sunk. The master, 31 crewmen and one gunner were picked up by the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Lea" title="USS Lea">USS <i>Lea</i></a> and the patrol craft <a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_PC-38&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USS PC-38 (page does not exist)"><i>PC-38</i></a>, 23 crew members and three gunners were lost.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 8,968 GRT Dutch tanker <i>Rotterdam</i>, carrying 11,364 tons of <a href="/wiki/Gasoline" title="Gasoline">gasoline</a> was struck and immediately began to settle by the stern. The 37 survivors of her crew of 47 abandoned the ship in lifeboats and were picked up by <a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_SC-522&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USS SC-522 (page does not exist)">USS <i>SC-522</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 8,773 GRT American <a href="/wiki/Tank_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank ship">tanker</a> <i>Esso Aruba</i>, loaded with 104,170 barrels (16,562 m<sup>3</sup>) of <a href="/wiki/Diesel_fuel" title="Diesel fuel">diesel fuel</a> and serving as the flagship of the convoy commodore, was hit by a single torpedo on the port side which badly damaged the ship, but left the engines and steering gear still operating. This allowed the ship, in danger of breaking in two, to proceed under her own power to Guantánamo Bay, arriving the next day. The ship was beached and her cargo unloaded. After temporary repairs the ship proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston, Texas</a>, and was returned to service in February 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U-boat arrived at her new home port of <a href="/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient">Lorient</a> in occupied France, on 29 September after a voyage lasting 76 days.<sup id="cite_ref-patrols_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patrols-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_patrol">Second patrol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>U-511</i> sailed from Lorient on 24 October 1942, and patrolled the waters off the coast of north-west Africa before returning to base after 36 days, on 28 November, having had no successes.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_patrol">Third patrol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Third patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>U-511</i>, now under the command of <i><a href="/wiki/Oberleutnant_zur_See" title="Oberleutnant zur See">Oberleutnant zur See</a></i> Fritz Schneewind, left Lorient once more on 31 December 1942 to patrol the waters between Spain, the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 21:42 on 9 January 1943 she had her only success, sinking the 5,004 GRT British merchant ship <i>William Wilberforce</i>, loaded with 5,054 tons of West African produce, including <a href="/wiki/Palm_kernel" title="Palm kernel">palm kernels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_oil" title="Palm oil">palm oil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rubber" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubber">rubber</a> en route from <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>. The unescorted ship was torpedoed west of the Canary Islands, with the loss of three crewmen. The master, 41 crewmen, six gunners and 12 passengers were later picked up by the Spanish merchant ship <i>Monte Arnabal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>U-511</i> returned to Lorient on 8 March after 68 days at sea.<sup id="cite_ref-patrols_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patrols-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_patrol">Fourth patrol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fourth patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>U-511</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s final patrol took her all the way to Japan, as part of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Yanagi_missions" title="Yanagi missions">programme of technological exchange</a>. She had aboard additional personnel, including <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Woermann" title="Ernst Woermann">Ernst Woermann</a>, the German <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassador</a> to the pro-Japanese <a href="/wiki/Wang_Jingwei_regime" title="Wang Jingwei regime">Wang Jingwei regime</a> in <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">China</a>, Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Naokuni_Nomura" title="Naokuni Nomura">Naokuni Nomura</a>, the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Naval" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval">naval</a> <a href="/wiki/Attach%C3%A9" title="Attaché">attaché</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, and German scientists and engineers. Leaving Lorient on 10 May 1943 under the command of the now <i><a href="/wiki/Kapit%C3%A4nleutnant" title="Kapitänleutnant">Kapitänleutnant</a></i> Fritz Schneewind, she sailed through the Atlantic and around the <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> where she made two kills.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-combinedfleetI121_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-combinedfleetI121-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first attack was made at 09:42 on 27 June, when she hit the unescorted 7,194 GRT American <a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ship</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Sebastian_Cermeno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Sebastian Cermeno (page does not exist)"><i>Sebastian Cermeno</i></a> with two torpedoes, disabling the engines and killing an officer and two men. The survivors abandoned ship in five lifeboats. Ten minutes after being hit, the ship sank. The U-boat surfaced and questioned the survivors before leaving. The lifeboats lost contact with each other, but all were eventually rescued by Allied ships, apart from one boat which made its own way to <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her second success came on 9 July when she torpedoed the 7,176 GRT American Liberty ship <a href="/wiki/SS_Samuel_Heintzelman" title="SS Samuel Heintzelman"><i>Samuel Heintzelman</i></a>, loaded with 5,644 tons of ammunition and general cargo. The U-boat dived after firing and did not directly observe the results, but heard underwater explosions. On surfacing they saw no trace of the ship, only floating debris. There were no survivors from the 75 men on board. The ship was reported missing, and was at first believed to have been sunk by a Japanese surface raider. On 30 September, wreckage from the ship was discovered off the <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U-boat arrived at <a href="/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure</a> on 7 August after a voyage lasting 90 days<sup id="cite_ref-patrols_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patrols-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was handed over to Japan on 16 September.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_service">Japanese service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Japanese service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being commissioned in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> as <i>Ro-500</i>, in September 1943 it was examined by a team of Japanese naval engineers. Several elements of the Type IXC design were later incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/I-201-class_submarine" title="I-201-class submarine"><i>I-201</i>-class</a>. The boat's German crew trained Japanese personnel in its handling, then departed for <a href="/wiki/Penang" title="Penang">Penang</a> in late September. Starting in November 1943, <i>Ro-500</i> was assigned to the Naval Submarine School at <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctake,_Hiroshima" title="Ōtake, Hiroshima">Ōtake</a> as a training ship.<sup id="cite_ref-ro500_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ro500-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1944, <i>Ro-500</i> was assigned to Submarine Division 33 along with <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-62" title="Japanese submarine Ro-62"><i>Ro-62</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-63" title="Japanese submarine Ro-63"><i>Ro-63</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-64" title="Japanese submarine Ro-64"><i>Ro-64</i></a>. That month <i>Ro-500</i> participated in testing <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> equipment with dive bombers from the <a href="/wiki/634th_Naval_Air_Group" title="634th Naval Air Group">634th Naval Air Group</a>. From July 1944 to May 1945, it was used for training purposes in the Kure Naval District, before being reassigned to the 51st Squadron along with <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-68" title="Japanese submarine Ro-68"><i>Ro-68</i></a> and sent from Kure to the <a href="/wiki/Maizuru" title="Maizuru">Maizuru</a> naval base.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the rest of the war, <i>Ro-500</i> was at Maizuru to help train air crews in anti-submarine warfare by simulating an American submarine. After Japan's surrender, the crew of <i>Ro-500</i>, led by <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">Lieutenant</a> Yasuhisa Yamamoto, joined the rebels that wanted to continue <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_War" title="Soviet–Japanese War">the war</a> against the Soviets. They departed from Maizuru on 18 August 1945, but the <a href="/wiki/6th_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="6th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">6th Fleet</a> headquarters contacted the crew, and the same day <i>Ro-500</i> returned to Maizuru.<sup id="cite_ref-ro500_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ro500-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fate">Fate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ro-500</i> was <a href="/wiki/Scuttling" title="Scuttling">scuttled</a> in the Gulf of <a href="/wiki/Maizuru,_Kyoto" class="mw-redirect" title="Maizuru, Kyoto">Maizuru</a> along with the Japanese submarines <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-121" title="Japanese submarine I-121"><i>I-121</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-68" title="Japanese submarine Ro-68"><i>Ro-68</i></a> by the United States Navy on 30 April 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-combinedfleetI121_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-combinedfleetI121-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, an expedition led by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_La_Plongee_for_Deep_Sea_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Society La Plongee for Deep Sea Technology (page does not exist)">Society La Plongee for Deep Sea Technology</a> discovered the wrecks of <i>Ro-500</i> and <i>I-121</i> in <a href="/wiki/Wakasa_Bay" title="Wakasa Bay">Wakasa Bay</a> off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto Prefecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_of_raiding_history">Summary of raiding history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-511&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Summary of raiding history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Ship Name </th> <th>Nationality </th> <th>Tonnage<br />(<a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a>) </th> <th>Fate<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">27 August 1942 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1942#27_August" title="List of shipwrecks in August 1942"><i>Esso Aruba</i></a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td align="right">8,773 </td> <td align="left">Damaged </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">27 August 1942 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1942#27_August" title="List of shipwrecks in August 1942"><i>Rotterdam</i></a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td align="right">8,968 </td> <td align="left">Sunk </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">27 August 1942 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1942#27_August" title="List of shipwrecks in August 1942"><i>San Fabian</i></a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td align="right">13,031 </td> <td align="left">Sunk </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">9 January 1943 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_January_1943#9_January" title="List of shipwrecks in January 1943"><i>William Wilberforce</i></a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td align="right">5,004 </td> <td align="left">Sunk </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">27 June 1943 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1943#27_June" title="List of shipwrecks in June 1943"><i>Sebastin Cermeno</i></a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td align="right">7,194 </td> <td align="left">Sunk </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">9 July 1943 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_July_1943#9_July" title="List of shipwrecks in July 1943"><i>Samuel Heintzelman</i></a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" 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href="/wiki/German_Type_IXC_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type IXC submarine">German Type IXC submarine</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-66_(1940)" title="German submarine U-66 (1940)"><i>U-66</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-67_(1940)" title="German submarine U-67 (1940)"><i>U-67</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-68_(1940)" title="German submarine U-68 (1940)"><i>U-68</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-125_(1940)" title="German submarine U-125 (1940)"><i>U-125</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-126_(1940)" title="German submarine U-126 (1940)"><i>U-126</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-127_(1941)" title="German submarine U-127 (1941)"><i>U-127</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-128_(1941)" title="German submarine U-128 (1941)"><i>U-128</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-129_(1941)" title="German submarine U-129 (1941)"><i>U-129</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-130_(1941)" title="German submarine U-130 (1941)"><i>U-130</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-131_(1941)" title="German submarine U-131 (1941)"><i>U-131</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-153_(1941)" title="German submarine U-153 (1941)"><i>U-153</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-154_(1941)" title="German submarine U-154 (1941)"><i>U-154</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-155_(1941)" title="German submarine U-155 (1941)"><i>U-155</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-156_(1941)" title="German submarine U-156 (1941)"><i>U-156</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-157_(1941)" title="German submarine U-157 (1941)"><i>U-157</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-158_(1941)" title="German submarine U-158 (1941)"><i>U-158</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-159_(1941)" title="German submarine U-159 (1941)"><i>U-159</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-160_(1941)" title="German submarine U-160 (1941)"><i>U-160</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-161_(1941)" title="German submarine U-161 (1941)"><i>U-161</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-162_(1941)" title="German submarine U-162 (1941)"><i>U-162</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-163_(1941)" title="German submarine U-163 (1941)"><i>U-163</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-164_(1941)" title="German submarine U-164 (1941)"><i>U-164</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-165_(1941)" title="German submarine U-165 (1941)"><i>U-165</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-166_(1941)" title="German submarine U-166 (1941)"><i>U-166</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-171" title="German submarine U-171"><i>U-171</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-172" title="German submarine U-172"><i>U-172</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-173" title="German submarine U-173"><i>U-173</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-174" title="German submarine U-174"><i>U-174</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-175" title="German submarine U-175"><i>U-175</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-176" title="German submarine U-176"><i>U-176</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-501" title="German submarine U-501"><i>U-501</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-502" title="German submarine U-502"><i>U-502</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-503" title="German submarine U-503"><i>U-503</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-504" title="German submarine U-504"><i>U-504</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-505" title="German submarine U-505"><i>U-505</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-506" title="German submarine U-506"><i>U-506</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-507" title="German submarine U-507"><i>U-507</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-508" title="German submarine U-508"><i>U-508</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-509" title="German submarine U-509"><i>U-509</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-510" title="German submarine U-510"><i>U-510</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>U-511</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-512" title="German submarine U-512"><i>U-512</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-513" title="German submarine U-513"><i>U-513</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-514" title="German submarine U-514"><i>U-514</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-515" title="German submarine U-515"><i>U-515</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-516" title="German submarine U-516"><i>U-516</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-517" title="German submarine U-517"><i>U-517</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-518" title="German submarine U-518"><i>U-518</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-519" title="German submarine U-519"><i>U-519</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-520" title="German submarine U-520"><i>U-520</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-521" title="German submarine U-521"><i>U-521</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-522" title="German submarine U-522"><i>U-522</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-523" title="German submarine U-523"><i>U-523</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-524" title="German submarine U-524"><i>U-524</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/German_Type_IXC_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type IXC submarine">Type IXB</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/German_Type_IX_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type IX submarine">Type IXC/40</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U-boats_of_Germany" title="List of U-boats of Germany">List of U-boats of Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_1946" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1946_shipwrecks" title="Template:1946 shipwrecks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1946_shipwrecks" title="Template talk:1946 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1946_shipwrecks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1946 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_1946" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1946</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1946" title="List of shipwrecks in 1946">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dorsey" title="USS Dorsey">USS <i>Dorsey</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Jan: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-516" title="German submarine U-516"><i>U-516</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2502" title="German submarine U-2502"><i>U-2502</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Jan: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Empire_ships_(Th%E2%80%93Ty)#Empire_Tigachi" title="List of Empire ships (Th–Ty)"><i>Empire Tigachi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-825" title="German submarine U-825"><i>U-825</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2336" title="German submarine U-2336"><i>U-2336</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2351" title="German submarine U-2351"><i>U-2351</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Jan: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-541" title="German submarine U-541"><i>U-541</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-901" title="German submarine U-901"><i>U-901</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2506" title="German submarine U-2506"><i>U-2506</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Jan: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1109" title="German submarine U-1109"><i>U-1109</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2356" title="German submarine U-2356"><i>U-2356</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Jan: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1010" title="German submarine U-1010"><i>U-1010</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1023" title="German submarine U-1023"><i>U-1023</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2511" title="German submarine U-2511"><i>U-2511</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Safari" title="HMS Safari">HMS <i>Safari</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Jan: <a href="/wiki/USS_Snowbell" title="USS Snowbell">USS <i>Snowbell</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Southard" title="USS Southard">USS <i>Southard</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Jan: <i><a href="/wiki/Bluenose" title="Bluenose">Bluenose</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Luray_Victory" title="SS Luray Victory"><i>Luray Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">January (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Akagi" title="Japanese gunboat Akagi"><i>Akagi Maru</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Feb: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-764" title="German submarine U-764"><i>U-764</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Feb: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-219" title="German submarine U-219"><i>I-505</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Feb: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1228" title="German submarine U-1228"><i>U-1228</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Feb: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-975" title="German submarine U-975"><i>U-975</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Feb: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-181" title="German submarine U-181"><i>I-501</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3514" title="German submarine U-3514"><i>U-3514</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Feb: <a href="/wiki/Fulham_Power_Station#Collier_fleet_and_war_damage" title="Fulham Power Station"><i>Fulham VII</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Feb: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-862" title="German submarine U-862"><i>I-502</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-195" title="German submarine U-195"><i>I-506</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">February (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1197" title="German submarine U-1197"><i>U-1197</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Sackett%27s_Harbor" title="SS Sackett's Harbor"><i>Sackett's Harbor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_Extricate" title="USS Extricate">USS <i>Extricate</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_George_W._Norris" title="SS George W. Norris"><i>George W. Norris</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_Roche" title="USS Roche">USS <i>Roche</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Mar: <a href="/wiki/Evan_Thomas,_Radcliffe_and_Company#Evan_Thomas_Radcliffe_Ships" title="Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company"><i>Karl Leonhardt</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Mar: <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z34" title="German destroyer Z34"><i>Z34</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HM_LST-405" title="HM LST-405">HM <i>LST-405</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Apr: <span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/SS_Charles_S._Haight" title="SS Charles S. Haight"><i>Charles S. Haight</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-103" title="Japanese submarine Ha-103"><i>Ha-103</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-105" title="Japanese submarine Ha-105"><i>Ha-105</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-106" title="Japanese submarine Ha-106"><i>Ha-106</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-107" title="Japanese submarine Ha-107"><i>Ha-107</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-108" title="Japanese submarine Ha-108"><i>Ha-108</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-109" title="Japanese submarine Ha-109"><i>Ha-109</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-111" title="Japanese submarine Ha-111"><i>Ha-111</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-201" title="Japanese submarine Ha-201"><i>Ha-201</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-202" title="Japanese submarine Ha-202"><i>Ha-202</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-203" title="Japanese submarine Ha-203"><i>Ha-203</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-208" title="Japanese submarine Ha-208"><i>Ha-208</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-36" title="Japanese submarine I-36"><i>I-36</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-47" title="Japanese submarine I-47"><i>I-47</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-53_(1942)" title="Japanese submarine I-53 (1942)"><i>I-53</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-58_(1943)" title="Japanese submarine I-58 (1943)"><i>I-58</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-156" title="Japanese submarine I-156"><i>I-156</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-157" title="Japanese submarine I-157"><i>I-157</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-158" title="Japanese submarine I-158"><i>I-158</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-159" title="Japanese submarine I-159"><i>I-159</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-162" title="Japanese submarine I-162"><i>I-162</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-366" title="Japanese submarine I-366"><i>I-366</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-367" title="Japanese submarine I-367"><i>I-367</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-402" title="Japanese submarine I-402"><i>I-402</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-50" title="Japanese submarine Ro-50"><i>Ro-50</i></a></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_S-35" title="USS S-35">USS <i>S-35</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-207" title="Japanese submarine Ha-207"><i>Ha-207</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-210" title="Japanese submarine Ha-210"><i>Ha-210</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-216" title="Japanese submarine Ha-216"><i>Ha-216</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-202" title="Japanese submarine I-202"><i>I-202</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-31" title="Japanese submarine Ro-31"><i>Ro-31</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Apr: <a 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href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-121" title="Japanese submarine I-121"><i>I-121</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-68" title="Japanese submarine Ro-68"><i>Ro-68</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Ro-500</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Solar" title="USS Solar">USS <i>Solar</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Stubborn" title="HMS Stubborn">HMS <i>Stubborn</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Tolga" title="HMAS Tolga">HMAS <i>Tolga</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tarantula" title="HMS Tarantula">HMS <i>Tarantula</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-53_(1925)" title="Japanese submarine I-53 (1925)"><i>I-153</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-54_(1926)" title="Japanese submarine I-54 (1926)"><i>I-154</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-55_(1925)" title="Japanese submarine I-55 (1925)"><i>I-155</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ha-205" title="Japanese submarine Ha-205"><i>Ha-205</i></a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bellona" title="USS Bellona">USS <i>Bellona</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-203" title="Japanese submarine I-203"><i>I-203</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-201" title="Japanese submarine I-201"><i>I-201</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 May: <i>DD-224</i> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)">USS <i>Stewart</i></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-14" title="Japanese submarine I-14"><i>I-14</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-401" title="Japanese submarine I-401"><i>I-401</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">May (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-62" title="Japanese submarine Ro-62"><i>Ro-62</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-63" title="Japanese submarine Ro-63"><i>Ro-63</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-400" title="Japanese submarine I-400"><i>I-400</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_Kunashiri" title="Japanese escort Kunashiri"><i>Kunashiri</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kamikaze_(1922)" title="Japanese destroyer Kamikaze (1922)"><i>Kamikaze</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_My%C5%8Dk%C5%8D" title="Japanese cruiser Myōkō"><i>Myōkō</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Jun: <a href="/wiki/USS_Solar" title="USS Solar">USS <i>Solar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Anderson" title="USS Anderson">USS <i>Anderson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Carlisle" title="USS Carlisle">USS <i>Carlisle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Gilliam" title="USS Gilliam">USS <i>Gilliam</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Lamson_(DD-367)" title="USS Lamson (DD-367)">USS <i>Lamson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Sakawa" title="Japanese cruiser Sakawa"><i>Sakawa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Apogon" title="USS Apogon">USS <i>Apogon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Arkansas_(BB-33)" title="USS Arkansas (BB-33)">USS <i>Arkansas</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LSM-60" title="USS LSM-60">USS <i>LSM-60</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Pilotfish" title="USS Pilotfish">USS <i>Pilotfish</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-3)">USS <i>Saratoga</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Skipjack_(SS-184)" title="USS Skipjack (SS-184)">USS <i>Skipjack</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Nagato" title="Japanese battleship Nagato"><i>Nagato</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Aug: <a href="/wiki/MV_Empire_Cross" title="MV Empire Cross"><i>Empire Cross</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">August (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-372" title="Japanese submarine I-372"><i>I-372</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Ohio_(1940)" title="SS Ohio (1940)"><i>Ohio</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Oct: <a href="/wiki/SS_Cassius_Hudson" title="SS Cassius Hudson"><i>Cassius Hudson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Oct: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Waree" title="HMAS Waree">HMAS <i>Waree</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Takao_(1930)" title="Japanese cruiser Takao (1930)"><i>Takao</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Nov: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-977" title="German submarine U-977"><i>U-977</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Nov: <a href="/wiki/MV_Empire_Albany" title="MV Empire Albany"><i>Albany</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Laksnes" title="SS Laksnes"><i>Laksnes</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Middlesex" title="HMCS Middlesex">HMCS <i>Middlesex</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Dec: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2326" title="German submarine U-2326"><i>N35</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Europa_(1928)" title="SS Europa (1928)"><i>Liberté</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Saltburn" title="HMS Saltburn">HMS <i>Saltburn</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Dec: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Leipzig" title="German cruiser Leipzig"><i>Leipzig</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z29" title="German destroyer Z29"><i>Z29</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Dec: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen" title="German cruiser Prinz Eugen"><i>Prinz Eugen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Northeastern_Victory" title="SS Northeastern Victory"><i>Northeastern Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Dec: <a href="/wiki/USAT_Brigadier_General_M._G._Zalinski" title="USAT Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski"><i>Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Dec: <a href="/wiki/MV_Monte_Pascoal_(1930)" title="MV Monte Pascoal (1930)"><i>Monte Pascoal</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Schwabenland_(1925)" title="MS Schwabenland (1925)"><i>Schwabenland</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_V190" title="SMS V190">Claus Von Bevern</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Truant" title="HMS Truant">HMS <i>Truant</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Yu_1007" title="Japanese submarine Yu 1007"><i>Yu 1007</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">26 Jan: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-201" title="Japanese submarine I-201"><i>I-201</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Jan: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-203" title="Japanese submarine I-203"><i>I-203</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Feb: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Saga" title="HMS Saga">HMS <i>Saga</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Feb: <a href="/wiki/USNS_Antioch" title="USNS Antioch"><i>Alfred Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Mar: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Orph%C3%A9e" title="French submarine Orphée"><i>Orphée</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Wasp_(CV-18)" title="USS Wasp (CV-18)">USS <i>Wasp</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Orion_(85)" title="HMS Orion (85)">HMS <i>Orion</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Corfu_Channel_incident" title="Corfu Channel incident">Corfu Channel incident</a>), <a href="/wiki/HMS_Superb_(25)" title="HMS Superb (25)">HMS <i>Superb</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Corfu_Channel_incident" title="Corfu Channel incident">Corfu Channel incident</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Diomede_(D92)" title="HMS Diomede (D92)">HMS <i>Diomede</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Jul: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen" title="German cruiser Prinz Eugen"><i>Prinz Eugen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Nagato" title="Japanese battleship Nagato"><i>Nagato</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen" title="German cruiser Prinz Eugen"><i>Prinz Eugen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Patrick_Henry" title="SS Patrick Henry"><i>Patrick Henry</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Sep <a href="/wiki/RFA_Green_Ranger" title="RFA Green Ranger">RFA <i>Green Ranger</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Oct: <span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mauritius_(80)" title="HMS Mauritius (80)">HMS <i>Mauritius</i></a>, (<a href="/wiki/Corfu_Channel_incident" title="Corfu Channel incident">Corfu Channel incident</a>), <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Leander" title="HMNZS Leander">HMS <i>Leander</i></a> ;(<a href="/wiki/Corfu_Channel_incident" title="Corfu Channel incident">Corfu Channel incident</a>), <a href="/wiki/HMS_Saumarez_(G12)" title="HMS Saumarez (G12)">HMS <i>Saumarez</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Corfu_Channel_incident" title="Corfu Channel incident">Corfu Channel incident</a>), <a href="/wiki/HMS_Volage_(R41)" title="HMS Volage (R41)">HMS <i>Volage</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Corfu_Channel_incident" title="Corfu Channel incident">Corfu Channel incident</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Nov: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ocean_(R68)" title="HMS Ocean (R68)">HMS <i>Ocean</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Corfu_Channel_incident" title="Corfu Channel incident">Corfu Channel incident</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Lowland" title="SS Lowland"><i>Empire Eden</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Niels_Poulson" title="SS Niels Poulson"><i>Niels Poulson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/MV_Brown_Bear" title="MV Brown Bear"><i>Brown Bear</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-201" title="Japanese submarine I-201"><i>I-201</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-203" title="Japanese submarine I-203"><i>I-203</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in 1945">1945</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in 1945"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, 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