U BOATS IN ACTION SOUTH ATLANTIC - U 154 U 199

10)U 172

Ordered 23 Dec 1939

Laid down 11 Dec 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1012)

Launched 31 Jul 1941

Commissioned 05/Nov/41  Kptlt. Carl Emmermann (Oak Leaves)

Commanders

5 Nov 1941 - 31 Oct 1943  Kptlt. Emmermann (Knights Cross) 

1 Nov 1943 - 13 Dec 1943  Oblt. Hermann Hoffmann 

Career 

6 patrols       

5 Nov 1941 - 30 Apr 1942   4. Flotille  (training)

1 May 1942 - 13 Dec 1943 10. Flotille (active service)

Successes U-172 sank 26 ships for a total of 152,080 GRT.

Fate: Sunk 13 December, 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26º29"N 29º58"W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by Destroyers USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont.

13 Dead

46 Survivors.

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In the south Atlantic U-172 sank 12 ships with a total of 98,225 DWT.

CHICKASAW CITY - FIRETHORN - PANTELIS - ORCADES - ALDINGTON COURT -LLANDILO - BENLOMOND - ALASKAN - VERNON CITY - HARMONIC - FORT CHILCOTIN - AFRICAN STAR

CHICKSAW CITY

 FIRETHORN

PANTELIS

 ORCADES

 ALDINGTON COURT

 LLANDILO

 BENLOMOND

ALASKAN

 VERNON CITY

 HARMONIC

 FORT CHILCOTIN

AFRICAN STAR

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