U-117
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type X-class Minelaying Submarine |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft |
Ordered | 31 Jan 1939 |
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7 Aug 1943 | In a coordinated attack by six TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bombers and four F4F-4 Wildcat fighters with Composite Squadron VC-1 flying from USS Card, German supply submarine U-117 was sunk with Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedoes. U-117 had been supplying U-66 in the mid-Atlantic when both were caught on the surface by Lt(jg) A.H. Sallenger in his Avenger. U-117 was sunk and U-66 was likely damaged. |
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