German submarine U-166 (1941)
A deck gun of the sunken U-166 | |
| History | |
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| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-166 |
| Ordered | 25 September 1939 |
| Builder | Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde |
| Yard number | 705 |
| Laid down | 6 December 1940 |
| Launched | 1 November 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 March 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk by USS PC-566, 30 July 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type IXC submarine |
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| Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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| Identification codes: | M 35 882 |
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| Victories: |
4 merchant ships sunk (7,593 GRT) |
S.S. Robert E. Lee and U-166 (shipwrecks and remains) | |
| Area | Adjacent to the SS Robert E. Lee shipwreck |
| NRHP reference No. | 100002558 |
| Added to NRHP | 7 December 2018 |
German submarine U-166 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 6 December 1940 at the Seebeckwerft (part of Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Deschimag) at Wesermünde (modern Bremerhaven) as yard number 705, launched on 1 November 1941, and commissioned on 23 March 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Günther Kuhlmann. After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla, U-166 was transferred to the 10th U-boat Flotilla for front-line service on 1 June 1942. The U-boat sailed on only two war patrols and sank four ships totalling 7,593 gross register tons (GRT). She was sunk on 30 July 1942 in the Gulf of Mexico.