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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-379Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 42 090
Construction YardHowaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number10
Ordered16th Oct 1939
Keel laid27th May 1940
Launched15th Oct 1941
Commissioned29th Nov 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
11.41 - 06.428.U-Flottille, Königsberg & Danzig
Frontboot (operational)
07.42 - 08.421.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
11.41 - 08.42KL Paul-Hugo Kettner
see also: U-142 

Operations information for U-379
25.06.1942 - 08.08.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-379 left Kiel under the command of Paul-Hugo Kettner on 25th Jun 1942. U-379 was lost on 8th Aug 1942.
Paul-Hugo Kettner hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy SC-94.
  • On 8th Aug 1942 he sank the British 2,537 ton Anneberg, sailing with convoy SC-94.
  • On 8th Aug 1942 he sank the American 6,367 ton Kaimoku, a member of convoy SC-94.

Notes for U-379

The Admiralty Report on interrogation of the survivors of U-379 is available. You can find how to obtain a report here.

We have 47 crew names for this boat. click here for crew names of U 379
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ANNEBERG

KAIMOKU

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