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U-552
The
"Red Devil" boat captained by Erich Topp, third-highest U-boat ace, under whose
command the U-boat sank 26 merchantmen totaling 141,058 tons. Also sank the
first American warship lost in the war, the destroyer USS Reuben
James.
Type: VII C
Built: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Keel laid: 1 December 1939
Launched: 14 September 1940
Commissioned: 4 December 1940
Commanders:
KK Erich Topp, December 1940-August 1942
KL Klaus Popp, September 1942-July 1944
OL Günther Lube, July 1944-May 1945
Fate: Retired to training duties April 1944. Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven 2 May
1945.
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