U-359
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 6 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 9 Jun 1941 | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 478) | ||||||||
| Launched | 11 Jun 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Oct 1942 | Ltnt. Heinz Förster | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 26 July, 1943 in the Caribbean south of Santo Domingo, in position 18.06N, 75.00W, by depth charges from an American Mariner aircraft (VP Sqdn. 32, P-12). 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by Axel Niestlé during December 1997. More on revised fates.)
An attack on 28 July, 1943 by Mariner aircraft P-1 of USN Squadron VP-32 in fact sank the U-159.
Wolfpack operations
U-359 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Neptun (18 Feb 1943 - 28 Feb 1943)
Wildfang (28 Feb 1943 - 5 Mar 1943)
Westmark (6 Mar 1943 - 11 Mar 1943)
Amsel (26 Apr 1943 - 3 May 1943)
Amsel 4 (3 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Rhein (7 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
Elbe 2 (10 May 1943 - 12 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
3 Jul 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:American B-24 Liberator (1st A/S Sqdn USAAF, pilot 1Lt H.W. Fraser)
Around 18.15 hours, U-359 and U-466 were attacked by the Liberator west of Oporto, Portugal. The aircraft strafed them and dropped 3 bombs that fell between the boats, which both fired at the aircraft and crash-dived undamaged at 18.26 hours. The Germans had observed AA hits on the bomber and it apparently crashed shortly after the attack, killing its entire crew of 10.
(Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)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-359 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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