U-576
| 國家 | 德國 |
| 艦級 | Type VII 級 潛艇 |
| 造船廠 | Blohm und Voss |
| Slip/Drydock Number | X |
| 安放龍骨日期 | 1940年8月1日 |
| 下水日期 | 1941年4月30日 |
| 服役日期 | 1941年6月26日 |
| 沉沒日期 | 1942年7月15日 |
| 排水量 | 769 tons standard; 871 tons submerged |
| 長度 | 220 feet |
| 寬度 | 16 feet |
| 吃水 | 18 feet |
| 動力來源 | Two supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cyl 4-stroke F46 diesel engines (3,200bhp), two electric motors (750shp) |
| 速度 | 18 knots |
| 續航力 | 8,500nm at 10 knots surfaced, 80nm at 4 knots submerged |
| 乘員 | 52 |
| 武裝 | 4x53.3cm bow torpedo tubes, 1x53.3cm stern torpedo tube, 14 torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, 1x8.8cm deck gun |
| Submerged Speed | 7.6 knots |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseU-576 was commissioned into service in Jun 1941. She sank her first target, a British catapult aircraft merchant (CAM) ship, in Feb 1942 during her second war patrol, and would go on to sink four additional ships flying the flags of Norway, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. On 15 Jul, after sinking Nicaraguan cargo ship Bluefields and Panamanian tanker J. A. Mowinckel just off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, she was sunk by depth charges from two US Kingfisher aircraft and gunfire from merchant ship Unicoi. All 45 aboard were killed in the sinking, including the commanding officer Kapitänleutnant Hans-Dieter Heinicke. The wreck was discovered by a US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expedition, and the identification was announced on 21 Oct 2014. The wreck was located about 240 yards (about 220 meters) away from the wreck of Bluefields.
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Last Major Revision: Dec 2014
Submarine U-576 互動地圖
U-576 Operational Timeline
| 1940年8月1日 | U-576 was laid down by the firm Blohm und Voss in Hamburg, Germany. |
| 1941年4月30日 | U-576 was launched at Hamburg, Germany. |
| 1941年6月26日 | U-576 was commissioned into service under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Dieter Heinicke. She was assigned to the 7th Submarine Flotilla. |
| 1941年10月6日 | U-576 began her first war patrol. |
| 1941年11月5日 | U-576 completed her first war patrol. |
| 1941年12月11日 | U-576 began her second war patrol. |
| 1941年12月23日 | U-576 arrived at Saint-Nazaire, France, ending her second war patrol. |
| 1942年1月20日 | U-576 departed Saint-Nazaire, France, starting her third war patrol. |
| 1942年2月14日 | German submarine U-576 sank British catapult armed merchant (CAM) ship Empire Spring southeast of Nova Scotia, Canada at 0337 hours, killing all 53 aboard. |
| 1942年2月28日 | U-576 arrived at Saint-Nazaire, France, ending her third war patrol. |
| 1942年3月29日 | U-576 departed Saint-Nazaire, France, starting her fourth war patrol. |
| 1942年4月21日 | German submarine U-576 sank US freighter Pipestone County 450 kilometers east of Virginia, United States at 1854 hours; all 35 aboard survived and were rescued by US Coast Guard cutter Calypso. |
| 1942年4月30日 | U-576 sank Norwegian ship Taborfjell about 95 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States at 0737 hours; 17 were killed, 3 survived. |
| 1942年5月16日 | U-576 arrived at Saint-Nazaire, France, ending her fourth war patrol. |
| 1942年6月16日 | U-576 departed Saint-Nazaire, France, starting her fifth war patrol. |
| 1942年7月13日 | Kapitänleutnant Hans-Dieter Heinicke of U-576 sent a radio message back to base, noting that his submarine sustained light damage and would soon head back to Saint-Nazaire, France. |
| 1942年7月15日 | At 2025 hours, U-576 attacked Allied convoy KS-520 with four torpedoes 30 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, sinking Nicaraguan ship Bluefields, damaging US ship Chilore, and damaging Panamanian ship J. A. Mowinckel; two US Navy Kingfisher aircraft counterattacked with depth charges as well as motor vessel Unicoi with deck guns, sinking U-576, killing all 45 aboard. |
| 2014年10月21日 | The wreck of a German submarine found 30 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States was announced to be U-576. |
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