List of all U-boats

U-352

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered9 Oct 1939
Laid down11 Mar 1940 Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 471)
Launched7 May 1941
Commissioned28 Aug 1941Kptlt. Hellmut Rathke
Commanders
28 Aug 1941 - 9 May 1942  Kptlt. Hellmut Rathke
Career
2 patrols
28 Aug 1941-1 Jan 1942  3. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1942-9 May 1942  3. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 9 May, 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 34.21N, 76.35W, by depth charges from the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Icarus. 15 dead and 33 survivors.

View the 2 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-352 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Hecht (27 Jan 1942 - 4 Feb 1942)

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-352 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.



Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II

Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

Dive into History. Keatts, Henry C. and Farr, George C., 1994.
German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.