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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Friday, 9 July 1943 - Southeast of Madagascar -
1012 - Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) Industrialist Otto Merker, has been appointed by Albert Speer as General Director of the Main Committee for Shipbuilding, of the Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production (RMfRuK). As such, he is succeeding Rudolf Blohm.
Merker's main task is to organize the production of new submarines of the type submarine class XXI and XXIII for the Kriegsmarine. An unfinished finishing facility for the submarines is to be the Valentin submarine bunker. On 8 July, Merkers's plan is submitted to the Führer, whereas under Merker's leadership, the construction time for these submarines is to be reduced from the original 11.5 months to 2 months by introducing the sectional construction method.
From O.K.M.:
a) Italian Supply U-Boat Aquilla III (Comandante Cappellini), arrived at Sabang just off the northern tip of Sumatra island, occupied Dutch East Indies, at 1515 hours; her fuel tanks were nearly empty when she pulled into port.
B-Dienst Report:
a) While at Norfolk, Commander Joseph Dunn relieved Captain Short as commanding officer of Escort Carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9).
1025 - Morning Dawn.
1129 - Sunrise.
1200 - Qu.3419JB - Days Run: 189.3nm - ↗ 24h
Total: 11749.9nm (65tg 22h) - ↗ 11327.1nm (59tg 07h 05') - ↘ 422.8nm (6tg 14h 55')
Course 41°; 505cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold.
ESE7/6, overcast, light haze, visibility ~3.5nm, ~1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 5d 12h)
2131 - Sundown.
RST
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Saturday,
10 July 1943 - Indian Ocean -
0111 -
Incoming F.T.:
From O.K.M.:
The Allies have launched Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, Italy, with an airborne assault before dawn; amphibious elements of Operation Husky landed to join the fight later in the day. All available German naval Forces are to proceed immediately to OP.-area south of Licata.
1015 - Morning Dawn.
1120 - Sunrise.
1200 - Qu.9595KR -
Days Run: 188.6nm - ↗ 24h
Total: 11938.5nm (66tg 22h) - ↗ 11515.7nm (60tg 07h 05') - ↘ 422.8nm (6tg 14h 55')
Course 41°; 502cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold.
ESE7/6, overcast, light haze, visibility ~3.5nm, ~1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 6d 12h)
1620 -
Incoming F.T.:
From B.d.U.:
RST: Schlieman is in Qu.4278KS top center. - B.d.U. -
Cmdr.:
The navigational position is given as 27°02'S, 60°56'O.
2131 - Sundown.
2312 -
Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) Greek partisan fighters killed 2 officers and 16 soldiers of the 2nd Company of the Pioneer Battalion of German 104th Jäger Division near Lake Trichonida near the city of Agrinio in Greece.
From O.K.M.:
a) During Operation Husky, the British encountered little resistance at Syracuse, while the advance of the US troops was halted by our Herman Göring Division and the Italian Livorno and Napoli Dvisions. Out at sea, the hospital ship Tampala and LST-313 were sunk by a Luftwaffe attack. Picket ship USS Sentinel was sunk by a SC250 bomb delivered by a Fw 190 aircraft off Molla. Destroyer USS Maddox was also sunk after being attacked by dive bombers and sunk within two minutes. While the United States Navy covered the landings on Sicily with naval gun support throughout the offensive, using the proximity fuzed anti-aircraft shell for the first time in the European Theater, the US Navy will subsequently suffer severe accusations for failing to supply adequate air cover.
From B.d.U.:
a) U 198 (IXD2; Kpt.z.S. Werner Hartmann) sighted a darkened armed cruiser at anchor in KP 5351. Attack was forbidden because of territorial waters.
b) Italian Supply U-boat Aquilla III (Comandante Cappellini) departed Sabang, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies at 1935 hours, escorted by Italian sloop Eritrea.
c) U 607 (Oblt. Wolf Jeschonnek; ex Mengersen) and U 613 (KrvKpt. Helmut Köppe) sailed to carry out mining operations Kingston (Jamaica) and Jacksonville (Florida) respectively.
B-Dienst Report:
a) The minesweeper USS Agent was transferred to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease act.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115