U-584
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 560) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 26 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 21 Aug 1941 | Kptlt. Joachim Deecke | ||||||||||||
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| Career 10 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 18,478 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 206 tons | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 31 Oct, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 49.14N, 31.55W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 3 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Card. 53 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-584 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Ulan (25 Dec 1941 - 10 Jan 1942)
Stier (29 Aug 1942 - 2 Sep 1942)
Vorwärts (2 Sep 1942 - 26 Sep 1942)
Luchs (27 Sep 1942 - 29 Sep 1942)
Letzte Ritter (29 Sep 1942 - 1 Oct 1942)
Falke (4 Jan 1943 - 19 Jan 1943)
Landsknecht (19 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943)
Hartherz (3 Feb 1943 - 7 Feb 1943)
Löwenherz (1 Apr 1943 - 10 Apr 1943)
Lerche (10 Apr 1943 - 15 Apr 1943)
Specht (21 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Elbe (7 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
Elbe 1 (10 May 1943 - 14 May 1943)
Leuthen (15 Sep 1943 - 24 Sep 1943)
Rossbach (24 Sep 1943 - 6 Oct 1943)
Attacks on this boat
7 Sep 1943
The attack on 7 Sept, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain,
in position 43.36N, 10.13W, by depth charges from a Canadian aircraft (RCAF-Sqdn. 407) is often credited with sinking the U-669.
This attack was actually against U-584 inflicting no damages.
10 Oct 1943
One man was lost in the North Atlantic. (Thus only 52 men were onboard when the boat was sunk 3 weeks later, instead of 53 like in most sources)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
18 Jun 1942. Saboteur landings in America
The boat departed Brest, France for a very special patrol on 25 May, 1942. On 18 June, after crossing the Atlantic (submerged by day, surfaced at night) they landed a saboteur team of 4 men on the shore just south of Jacksonville, Florida. This was one of two such teams that landed within a week of each other on the US east coast; the other team came aboard U-202. They were to be the first of many such planned operations. The boat then returned safely to Brest on 22 July.
Men lost from the boat
10 Oct 1943
One man was lost in the North Atlantic. (Thus only 52 men were onboard when the boat was sunk 3 weeks later, instead of 53 like in most sources)
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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