German submarine U-576
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German submarine U-576 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out five patrols, sinking four ships of 15,450 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging two more of 19,457 GRT. She was sunk on 15 July 1942 by depth charges from two US aircraft and gunfire from a merchant ship, near the East Coast of the United States. The wreck was discovered in August 2014.
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Name | U-576 |
Ordered | 8 January 1940 |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Yard number | 552 |
Laid down | 1 August 1940 |
Launched | 30 April 1941 |
Commissioned | 26 June 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by US aircraft and a merchant ship, near the East Coast of the United States on 15 July 1942[1] |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 44 117 |
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U-576 and Bluefields (shipwrecks and remains) | |
Nearest city | Hatteras, North Carolina |
MPS | World War II Shipwrecks along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 15000864 |
Added to NRHP | 8 December 2015 |
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