U 128
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128 was laid down at A.G Weser in Bremen in July 1940, and
was launched in February 1941. She was put in service as a
training boat in May the same year, and in December she
was transferred to active service as a front boat. She did
a total of six war patrols in her career and sunk twelve
ships. On her last patrol outside the coast of Brazil
under command of Kptlt Hermann Steinert she
was attacked by American airplanes and destroyers from
US Navy 17. May 1943. The crew opened the valves and
scuttled her soon after. Seven men lost their lives. The
wreck has not yet been found and is believed to rest
somewhere southeast of Maceio.
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