Service history German submarine U-154 (1941)

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1 service history

1.1 1st patrol
1.2 2nd patrol
1.3 3rd, 4th , 5th patrols
1.4 6th, 7th , 8th patrols , loss
1.5 wolfpacks





service history
1st patrol

the boat s first patrol began departure kiel on 7 february 1942. headed atlantic ocean west of ireland via gap between faroe , shetland islands. docked @ lorient in occupied france, on 1 march.


2nd patrol

for second sortie, sailed caribbean, sinking como rico on 4 april 1942, 225 nmi (417 km; 259 mi) north of st. juan, in puerto rico. success continued sinking of catahoula, delvalle, empire amethyst , vineland, near haiti , dominican republic.


3rd, 4th , 5th patrols

her third patrol saw cross atlantic once more. sank tillie lykes on 28 june 1942, 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) south of santo domingo in dominican republic , lalita, using deck gun, in yucatán channel on 6 july.


one of boat s victims on this, fourth patrol, nurmahal. sunk on 9 november 1942 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) east of martinique in less thirty seconds. tower grange, sunk 250 nmi (460 km; 290 mi) off cayenne in french guiana.


having made short trip lorient brest, submarine s fifth foray longest (109 days) , second successful. amongst many others, attacked florida. although ship had broken on 28 may 1943, repaired.


6th, 7th , 8th patrols , loss

she departed on patrol number 6 on 2 october 1943. u-154 attacked unidentified pby catalina flying boat on 3 november; twice attacked on 22nd. none caused damage. boat returned lorient on 20 december.


she attacked on 13 march 1944, possibly navy patrol boat pc 469 north of panama canal; minor damage sustained. u-154 engaged on 29th of same month colombian navy destroyer caldas. returned france, again lorient, on 28 april 1944.


u-154 sunk destroyers uss inch , frost northwest of madeira on 3 july 1944.


wolfpacks

u-154 took part in 1 wolfpack, namely.



südwärts (24–26 october 1942)




^ helgason, guðmundur. ships hit u-154 . german u-boats of world war ii – uboat.net. retrieved 7 december 2014. 






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