U-128
Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 10 Jul 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 991) | ||||||||
| Launched | 20 Feb 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 12 May 1941 | Kptlt. Ullrich Heyse (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 6 patrols |
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| Successes | 12 ships sunk for a total of 83,639 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 17 May, 1943 in the South Atlantic south of Pernambuco, in approximate position 10.00S, 35.35W, by gunfire from the US destroyers USS Moffett, USS Jouett and depth charges from two Mariner aircraft (Sqdn VP-74/P-6/P-5). 7 dead and 47 survivors. | |||||||||
Attacks on this boat
16 May 1943
The boat was attacked by an American Mariner aircraft (USN VP-74 / P-2) off Bahia without results as the 12 bombs fell wide. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 223)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-128 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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