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pikke · 10-16-21, 04:57 AM

November 9, 1939 0600 AM01
U53 keeps sailing toward assigned patrol area.
We have almost no wind and calm sea, visibility moderate.
Will continue doing brief sonar checks for possible targets.

0712 AM01 Ship spotted! Seems a small cargo cruising our way. Down to periscope depth and closing.

0719 A small freighter. Think we'll use the deck gun.

0736 Some deck gun shell and some flack ammo were enough to sink our target. Leaving the area and back on previous course.

1702 Reached assigned patrol grid AM41. Sky is partly cloudy and the wind picked up to 9 knots.

November 10, 1939 AM41 0303 Surfaced to ventilate boat and reload batteries. Storm is raging, wind blow so hard U53 has to tack and jibe like a sailboat. We'll go down as soon as batteries are good.

1704 Patrol complete. Storm still raging. No contacts...but I doubt we would have been able to spot them anyway. U53 will now sail toward AM53. Let's hope the storm relents a little.

10-16-21, 04:57 AM	#5965
pikke Sparky Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Italy Posts: 152 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	U53 - Type VIIb - 3rd patrol - part 2 November 9, 1939 0600 AM01 U53 keeps sailing toward assigned patrol area. We have almost no wind and calm sea, visibility moderate. Will continue doing brief sonar checks for possible targets. 0712 AM01 Ship spotted! Seems a small cargo cruising our way. Down to periscope depth and closing. 0719 A small freighter. Think we'll use the deck gun. 0736 Some deck gun shell and some flack ammo were enough to sink our target. Leaving the area and back on previous course. 1702 Reached assigned patrol grid AM41. Sky is partly cloudy and the wind picked up to 9 knots. November 10, 1939 AM41 0303 Surfaced to ventilate boat and reload batteries. Storm is raging, wind blow so hard U53 has to tack and jibe like a sailboat. We'll go down as soon as batteries are good. 1704 Patrol complete. Storm still raging. No contacts...but I doubt we would have been able to spot them anyway. U53 will now sail toward AM53. Let's hope the storm relents a little.