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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment

SM U-117



28th March 1918   SM U-117

Type UE 2 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 91) Ordered 27 May 1916 Launched 10 Dec 1917 Commissioned 28 Mar 1918

Commanders.
28 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Otto Dröscher

Career 1 patrols

Successes 20 ships sunk with a total of 27,459 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 12,845 tons. 1 warship damaged with a total of 18,000 tons.

  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Aleda May 31 am
  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Cruiser 28 am
  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Earl and Nettie 24 am
  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Katie L. Palmer 31 am
  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Mary E. Sennett 26 am
  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Progress 34 am
  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Reliance 19 am
  • 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher William H. Starbuck 53 am
  • 12 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Sommerstad 3,875 nw
  • 13 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Frederic R. Kellogg (damaged) 7,127 am
  • 14 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Dorothy B. Barrett 2,088 am
  • 15 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Madrugada 1,613 am
  • 16 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Mirlo 6,978 br
  • 17 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Nordhav 2,846 nw
  • 20 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Ansaldo Iii° (damaged) 5,310 it
  • 24 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Bianca (damaged) 408 br
  • 26 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Rush 145 am
  • 27 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Bergsdalen 2,555 nw
  • 30 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Elsie Porter 136 br
  • 30 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Potentate 136 br
  • 29 Sep 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Minnesota (damaged) 18,000 am
  • 4 Oct 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher San Saba 2,458 am
  • 27 Oct 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Chaparra 1,510 cu
  • 9 Nov 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Saetia 2,873 am

Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to the USA. Used for exhibitions along the Atlantic coast. Sunk on 21 June, 1921 near Cape Charles, Virginia during tests.

There was another U 117 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Jul 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 25 Oct 1941.

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