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U-352 History

The U-352 is a type VIIC U-boat built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg, Germany in 1941. According to online U-boat database uboat.net, U-352 was launched on May 7, 1941, and commissioned on August 28, 1941.

A comprehensive history of U-352, written by Robby Myers, can be found here: https://www.scubadiving.com/history-north-carolina-u-352-shipwreck

Additional historic information can be found here: https://uboat.net/boats/u352.htm

Annotated blueprints of U-352, where artist Kevin P. Wallace scribes historic accounts of the battle between U-352 and Cutter Icarus, and of POW interrogations.

U-352 Torpedo Configurations from German blueprint.

A sketch of U.S. Coast Guard Icarus in its 1942 configuration.

U-352 Executive Officer Lt. Oskar Bernhard is photographed.

A U.S. Navy sailor butters a cracker for a U-352 POW at Charleston Navy Shipyard in South Carolina.

A U.S. Marine 1st Lt. helps a U-352 POW understand his Basic Personnel Record form.

A U-352 POW is fingerprinted.

A British Naval officer Lt. Ralph Izzard, assists U.S. Naval officers in interrogating a U-352 POW.

U-352 POW officers Ens. Ernst Kammerer, Capt. Hellmut Rathke and Lt. Oskar Bernard are photographed upon arrival at Fort Bragg.

U-352 commander, Capt. Hellmut Rathke, marches his crew of POWs to the mess hall at the Charleston Navy Yard.

U-352 crew eat together as POWs at Charleston Navy Yard.