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| U-173 | Type IXC |
| Feldpost Number | M 41 495 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 1013 |
| Ordered | 23rd Dec 1939 |
| Keel laid | 21st Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 11th Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 15th Nov 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 11.41 - 06.42 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 06.42 - 11.42 | 2.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 11.41 - 11.42 | FK Heinz-Ehler Beucke |
| 09.42 - 11.42 | OL Hans-Adolf Schweichel |
| Operations information for U-173 | 15.06.1942 - 20.09.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-173 left Kiel under the command of Heinz-Ehler Beucke on 15th Jun 1942 and arrived at Lorient on 20th Sep 1942 after nearly fourteen weeks.
| 01.11.1942 - 16.11.1942
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 1st Nov 1942, U-173 left Lorient under the command of Hans-Adolf Schweichel. The boat was lost on 16th Nov 1942.
Hans-Adolf Schweichel hit four ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy: One was from convoy MKF-1 and three were from convoy UGF-1.
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On 11th Nov 1942 he damaged the American 1,630 ton USS Hambleton, sailing with convoy UGF-1.
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On 11th Nov 1942 he sank the American 9,359 ton USS Joseph Hewes, a member of convoy UGF-1.
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On 11th Nov 1942 he damaged the American 10,600 ton USS Winooski, part of convoy UGF-1.
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On 15th Nov 1942 he damaged the American 8,113 ton USS Electra, from convoy MKF-1.
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