U BOATS SUNK IN SOUTH ATLANTIC - U 128 / U 1062

23)U-488

Ordered              17 Jul 1941  

Laid down           3 Jan 1942           F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 557)

Launched            17 Oct 1942

Commissioned 1 Feb 1943          Ltnt. Erwin Bartke

Commanders   

1 Feb 1943          -              Feb, 1944                            Oblt. (R) Erwin Bartke

Feb, 1944            -              26 Apr 1944                        Oblt. Bruno Studt

Career

3 patrols             

1 Feb 1943          -              30 Apr 1943          4. Flottille (training)

1 May 1943         -              26 Apr 1944          12. Flottille (active service)

Successes           No ships sunk or damaged

Fate. Sunk on April 26 1944 in the mid-Atlantic west of Cape Verde in position 17º 54"N, 38º 05" W by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Frost, USS Huse, USS Barber and USS Snowden. 64 dead (all hands lost). 

By www.uboat.net

DE 144 USS HUSE Photo. www.navsource.org

DE 145 USS FROST Photo. www.navsource.org

DE 161 BARBER seen as high speed transport APD 57. Photo. wikipedia

DE 246 SNOWDEN Photo. www.navsource.org

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