German submarine U-176

Unterseeboot 176 or U-176 was a German Type IXC World War II submarine commissioned on 15 December 1941 and served with 4. Unterseebootsflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) for training later, U-176 served with 10. Unterseebootsflottille, a long-range operations unit, from 1 August 1942 until she was sunk. U-176 completed three patrols sinking 10 ships totalling 45,850 Gross Registered Tonnage or GRT, and damaging one ship totalling 7,457 GRT.

U-176 was sunk on 15 May 1943 northeast of Havana by depth charges dropped by a Cuban patrol boat, CS-13, after being located by a U.S. Navy Kingfisher.

References

• Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.