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spidge · 17-04-2007, 12:00 PM

For the Seadogs: April 17th 1944. From: SeaWaves Magazine

1944 - Destroyer USS Eugene A Greene laid down

1944 - Submarine USS Tiru laid down

1944 - Escort carrier USS Bismark Sea launched

1944 - U-342 sunk SW of Iceland, in position 60.32N, 29.20W, by depth charges from an RCAF 162 Sqn Catalina. 51 dead (all hands lost). U-342 was a Type medium-range Type VIIC U-boat, built by Nordseewerke, at Emden. She was commissioned on 12 Jan 43. U-342 was on her first patrol at the time of her loss and had not sunk or damaged any ships. OLtzS Albert Hossenfelder was her only commanding officer. Albert Hossenfelder was born in 1908, at Sprottau, in Lower Silesia. He joined the navy in 1935 as a reservist officer. His first operational service was in patrol craft. He eventually commanded the 17th Patrol Flotilla from Feb to Sep 41, when he transferred to the U-boat force. He completed his conversion training in Apr 42 & was assigned as the Second Watch Officer in the Type VIIC boat U-371, commanded by the 'ace' Kptlt Waldemar Mehl, Knight's Cross, where he served until Oct 42. During this time, U-371 conducted an amazing 13 patrols in the very dangerous Mediterranean theatre of operations & sank nine ships (including three RN warships) for a total of 42,451 tons, & damaged four more ships for further 28,072 tons. Hossenfelder was selected for command & underwent his U-boat commander's course from Nov-Dec 42. He was appointed to the command of U-342 on 12 Jan 43, at the age of 34, & was promoted to OLtzS on 01 Feb 43. Albert Hossenfelder was lost with his entire crew when U-342 was sunk on 17 Apr 44

1944 - U-986 sunk SW of Ireland, in position 50.09N, 12.51W, by depth charges from destroyer HMS Swift & USS PC-619. 50 dead (all hands lost)

1944 - Minesweeper USS Incredible commissioned

1944 - Destroyer USS Brush commissioned

1944 - Corvette KNM (ex-HMS) Tunsberg Castle commissioned

1944 - U-546 shot down an RAF 53 Sqn Liberator in the Bay of Biscay

1944 - U-993 shot down an RAF 53 Sqn Liberator

1944 - Repair ships HMS Albatross commissioned

1944 - Submarine HMS Teredo laid down

1944 - U-682 commissioned

1944 - U-2321 launched

1944 - HMC ML 121 commissioned

1944 - Corvette HMS Pembroke Castle commissioned Port Glasgow, Scotland

17-04-2007, 12:00 PM	#416 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,054	For the Seadogs: April 17th 1944. From: SeaWaves Magazine 1944 - Destroyer USS Eugene A Greene laid down 1944 - Submarine USS Tiru laid down 1944 - Escort carrier USS Bismark Sea launched 1944 - U-342 sunk SW of Iceland, in position 60.32N, 29.20W, by depth charges from an RCAF 162 Sqn Catalina. 51 dead (all hands lost). U-342 was a Type medium-range Type VIIC U-boat, built by Nordseewerke, at Emden. She was commissioned on 12 Jan 43. U-342 was on her first patrol at the time of her loss and had not sunk or damaged any ships. OLtzS Albert Hossenfelder was her only commanding officer. Albert Hossenfelder was born in 1908, at Sprottau, in Lower Silesia. He joined the navy in 1935 as a reservist officer. His first operational service was in patrol craft. He eventually commanded the 17th Patrol Flotilla from Feb to Sep 41, when he transferred to the U-boat force. He completed his conversion training in Apr 42 & was assigned as the Second Watch Officer in the Type VIIC boat U-371, commanded by the 'ace' Kptlt Waldemar Mehl, Knight's Cross, where he served until Oct 42. During this time, U-371 conducted an amazing 13 patrols in the very dangerous Mediterranean theatre of operations & sank nine ships (including three RN warships) for a total of 42,451 tons, & damaged four more ships for further 28,072 tons. Hossenfelder was selected for command & underwent his U-boat commander's course from Nov-Dec 42. He was appointed to the command of U-342 on 12 Jan 43, at the age of 34, & was promoted to OLtzS on 01 Feb 43. Albert Hossenfelder was lost with his entire crew when U-342 was sunk on 17 Apr 44 1944 - U-986 sunk SW of Ireland, in position 50.09N, 12.51W, by depth charges from destroyer HMS Swift & USS PC-619. 50 dead (all hands lost) 1944 - Minesweeper USS Incredible commissioned 1944 - Destroyer USS Brush commissioned 1944 - Corvette KNM (ex-HMS) Tunsberg Castle commissioned 1944 - U-546 shot down an RAF 53 Sqn Liberator in the Bay of Biscay 1944 - U-993 shot down an RAF 53 Sqn Liberator 1944 - Repair ships HMS Albatross commissioned 1944 - Submarine HMS Teredo laid down 1944 - U-682 commissioned 1944 - U-2321 launched 1944 - HMC ML 121 commissioned 1944 - Corvette HMS Pembroke Castle commissioned Port Glasgow, Scotland __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 17-04-2007 at 12:03 PM.