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United Kingdom: 4,398 Sunk 27 April 1917 Langfond Norway: 1,097 Sunk 28 April 1917 Bullmouth United Kingdom: 4,018 Sunk 2 May 1917 Beeswing United Kingdom: 1,462 Sunk 2 May 1917 Dione Norway: 785 Sunk 2 May 1917 Vanduara Norway: 2,079 Sunk 5 May 1917 Asra Norway: 1,975 Sunk 18 June 1917 HMT Bega Royal Navy: 318 Sunk 19 June 1917 Ivigtut Denmark ...
The Fanning and Nicholson ' s sinking of U-58 was one of only a few engagements of World War I in which U.S. Navy warships sank an enemy submarine. Also the first time U.S. ships sank a submarine in combat. Lieutenant William O. Henry and Coxswain Daniel Lommis both received a Navy Cross for their actions during their encounter with U-58.
The 58th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army first established in 1917.. The regiment was organized in 1917 from the Fourth Infantry as shown on the distinctive unit insignia; the field is blue for Infantry; the regiment served in France in the Fourth Division, shown by the ivy leaves from the shoulder sleeve insignia; the torpedo commemorates the first losses of the ...
The thirty-nine survivors abandoned the sinking U-58 and were taken prisoner. Lieutenants Frank Berrien and Arthur S. Carpender both received the Navy Cross. [5] Four United States Navy ships were lost during World War I, only two by enemy action, though six merchant ships with armed guards aboard were also destroyed. The first combat loss was ...
Robert Carney served aboard Fanning as gunnery and torpedo officer, and contributed to the sinking of German submarine U-58. On 29 July 1943, he was promoted to Rear Admiral and became Chief of Staff to Admiral William Halsey, Jr., commander, South Pacific Force, which included all ground, sea, and air forces in the South Pacific area. Carney ...
SM UB-58, a Type UB III submarine launched in 1917 and sunk on 10 March 1918; SM UC-58, a Type UC II submarine launched in 1916 and surrendered on 24 November 1918; broken up at Cherbourg in 1921; German submarine U-58 (1938), a Type IIC submarine that served in the Second World War until scuttled on 3 May 1945
SM UB-58 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the Flanders Flotilla of the German Imperial Navy on 10 August 1917 as SM UB-58. [Note 1] She operated as part of the Flanders Flotilla based in Zeebrugge.
For this accomplishment, U-38 commander Max Valentiner became the sixth U-boat commander awarded the Pour le Mérite, on 26 December 1916. On 27 December, the auxiliary cruiser NRP Pedro Nunes set sail from the Tagus and arrived at Funchal on 31 December, with 2 officers, 6 sergeants, 28 sailors and 9 pieces of artillery on deck to reinforce ...