U 576
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U
576 was laid down at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg in August
1940, and was launched in April 1941. After a couple of
months training she was ready for active duty in
7.Flotille in St.Nazaire under command of Kapitänleutnant
Hans-Dieter Heinicke. She did five war patrols and sunk
four ships and damaged another two. Under her last patrol
she was sunk an combined effort by two American Kingfisher
airplanes and the armed merchant ship Unicoi outside North
Carolina 15.july 1942. The whole crew of 45 men went down
with the uboat. The wreck was found in 2014 approx 30
nautical miles outside Cape Hatteras on a depth of 210
meter.
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