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| U-379 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 42 090 |
| Construction Yard | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 10 |
| Ordered | 16th Oct 1939 |
| Keel laid | 27th May 1940 |
| Launched | 15th Oct 1941 |
| Commissioned | 29th Nov 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 11.41 - 06.42 | 8.U-Flottille, Königsberg & Danzig
Frontboot (operational)
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| 07.42 - 08.42 | 1.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 11.41 - 08.42 | KL Paul-Hugo Kettner
see also: U-142 |
| Operations information for U-379 | 25.06.1942 - 08.08.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-379 left Kiel under the command of Paul-Hugo Kettner on 25th Jun 1942. U-379 was lost on 8th Aug 1942.
Paul-Hugo Kettner hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy SC-94.-
On 8th Aug 1942 he sank the British 2,537 ton Anneberg, sailing with convoy SC-94.
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On 8th Aug 1942 he sank the American 6,367 ton Kaimoku, a member of convoy SC-94.
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| Notes for U-379 |
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