The Sinking of U-166
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German submarine U-166 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 6 December 1940 at the Seebeckwerft (part of Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Deschimag) at Wesermünde (modern Bremerhaven) as yard number 705, launched on 1 November 1941, and commissioned on 23 March 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Günther Kuhlmann. After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla, U-166 was transferred to the 10th U-boat Flotilla for front-line service on 1 June 1942. The U-boat sailed on only two war patrols and sank four ships totalling 7,593 gross register tons (GRT). She was sunk on 30 July 1942 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Great story, but it's only half the story. If memory serves, the commander of the patrol boat that sank U-166 was actually reprimanded by the navy for claiming the sinking of a u-boat. As I recall, he was relieved of his command and sent for re-training. It took years after finding the wrecks of the Robert E Lee and U-166 that the navy acknowledged its error and (posthumously) corrected the commander's service record.
What a travesty.....similar thing happened with the Ward....who sank a sub off Pearl Harbor and was mocked and not believed......till the sub was found 60 years later and confirmed the hole on the tower.
During WW2 My Grandfather and Grandmother were on a Passenger Ship only 150 miles from The Louisiana Coast, they were out on deck one sunny day just relaxing, drinking, and off the Port Bow a German Sub a U-Boat Surfaced about 100 yards out! They could not believe it! They at first thought it was an American Sub, but looking closer at the Sub they realized it was a German U-Boat! The Captain of the Passenger Ship told the Passenger's to get ready to go into the water, that this German Sub was probably going to either fire at the ship, or launch a Torpedo's at it, everyone got on life jackets, they started to lower the ships small boats, getting ready to abandon ship, but the German Sub, The men on deck just watched the ship, My Grandfather had Binocular's and he said he could see them clear as could be, then The Germans just waved at them, took pictures, and all of The Germans went down in the Hatches, and then the U-Boat Submerged, just like that! They were not interested in this Passenger Ship, lucky for the passenger's and crew, my Grand Dad would laugh years later and say " Your Grand Ma and I " were face to face with the Germans, !
Seguro que tus abuelos vivieron más años que los tripulantes del U-Boat, estos tenían una esperanza de vida muy corta. Fueron el terror del Atlántico hasta 1.942, luego supieron en sus propias carnes lo que es el pánico
U-boat must have been out of torpedoes
Submarine's can only carry a limited number of torpedoes and torpedoes were expensive so they would only use them when needed. They literally mostly only targeted strategic targets for that reason.
The Royal Navy warned the Americans about U boats and advised them to introduce protected convoys. The US Navy ignored them. 40 sinkings later they grudgingly admitted us British were right. 🇬🇧
This is true. The UK codebreakers had broken the German navy Enigma codes and knew what was about to come.
The US was hard pressed with both the Pacific and the Atlantic and supplying the Brits with material that should have been used to save Americans in the Pacific and set up home defense. “Germany First” killed a lot of Americans in the PTO and reduced the number of aircraft and patrol craft for home patrol. The US can ill-afford another Churchillian relationship (from North Africa to Sicily and that bit of brilliance Anzio and on…). Back lighting the ships off the coast was pure domestic politics not to have to turn the lights out, and everyone paid for that one.
@@analystanalyst7652 You may not know this, but Hitler declared war on the US and German U-boats sank US shipping of the US coast, such as near Mobil. Also, Britain paid for everything the US sent. The US also supplied Russia with tons of supplies. It was a 'World' war fought across the globe.
US Govt refused to black out cities because of fears about civilian morale. Didn't do any favors for Merchant Marine morale, though. I don't know how some minds can so easily justify condemning sailors to certain death for an intangible.
Well, at some point they did because many building's skylights were painted black and shiny toppings were painted over. That's what happened in Detroit.
Money.
War is Hell 😈
They initially wouldn't listen to the British who had already been dealing with U-Boats for 2 years. As a result, the German navy had a second happy time for a while.
Paukenshlag done far more damage to the war effort than Pearl Harbour.
Reminds me of the USS Ward at PearlnHarbor. Had to wait for many years to set the record straight. Belated Congrats to PC 566.
U-166 is the only U-boat sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. During 1942, U-boats sunk 56 Allied merchant ships between Galveston and the Straits of Florida. That's a long ride from Germany for U-boats, which were not built for creature comfort. Brave men , all.
The U Boats called it the " Happy Time "
@@rogerwolstenholme2710 Yes. Officially Operation Drumbeat.
I guess for the larger Type IXs it would be tolerable, but for the smaller Type VII C conditions would be unbearable. Still, everyone felt safer in a Type VII C because the sorties tended to be shorter and, above all, the VII C submerged much faster than the Type IX.
✔️ In 2016, I rowed my sea kayak out to this area of the Gulf and did some snorkeling, when I decided to hold my breath and swim down to this wreck. I quickly found it.
I opened the hatch, swam into the control room, and managed to start up the engines! I blew the water out of the tanks, engaged the propellers, and brought her to the surface. I eventually cruised her home to Delaware, and now I use it as a weekend party boat. 😁
@@HighlanderNorth1 Santa isn't real... it was your Mum and Dad. lol...
I am a 5th. Generation Conch and Captain of over 40 plus years. I have taken plenty of trips down to the the fort. It is where they IN prisoned Dr. S. Mudd the doctor set John Wilkes Booths leg after he killed the president. You can visit his cell and the troops at the fort let him walk around freely because he helped them survive malaria. I fellow Captain Billy Deans found the German freighter "The Rhine" and was a pioneer in deep water wreck diving and tri mix. Great video. Thanks for all your hard work.
I lived in Key West for twice, each time, for about 6-9 months. The first time was in the 80’s. I worked for Sea Sports dive center on the “Looker” a 32’ single screw dive boat and on occasion, their 46’ dive boat. We were hired by the St Pete news crew to take them out to interview Mell Fisher when he found the Atocha. The second time, I was an engineer on that disaster of a gambling boat, Maxamillion. Small world.
@@lowandslow3939 Thats cool I was able to dive on the wreck but not allowed to touch anything when I worked for Admiral Busby and took so big wigs out to the wreck. I also knew Rick Gauge who died along with Mels son and daughter in-law when the fuel valve got stuck open during the night and the Vessel rolled over in the middle of the night while everyone was sleeping. All the fuel went to one side. I was taught to dive by Billy Deans when I was working for Franko at Reef Raiders. Then when they built the Glass bottom boat Captain Nemo. I worked on it with Captain George Reed who looked so much like Captain Nemo it's actually George on the painting and posters of the boat I grew up working with my family sponging and conching and fish on our Commercial boat growing up My grand parents had one of the 5 houses on stilts next to the target wreck at Bo grand. When I got married I wanted to be home at night so I switched to dive and glass bottom boats I ran the Coral Princess 2 with Captain Jack too. Then I was asked to work with a guy I knew since we were kids on the Lucky Strike Sport fishing boat. Then I ran the O.M.B. II for Captain Eddie Again for the next 20 years before I bought the Wild Bill from a friend of mine. When I retired I sold it to my mate and good friend Arty who still owns it today. I miss the good old days of Key West where everybody knew each other and our island was so laid back. It would shock you to see how much they have ruined our island It.s now just like every other Florida resort. Everything is different now. There are more cars than you would think possible on the streets 24/7. It's literally faster to walk to where you are going than drive. The entire Island has either been paved over or filled in with concreate. Many of our local fruit trees have been removed by people who moved here because they think they are to messy. So sad Glad you enjoyed Key West you were here just before the change really started to get going around 1990.
@@JUNKERS488 Wow. The first time I was there, I rented a studio apartment down an alley opposite Captain Tony’s bar. It was overlooking Duvall St. I had the “pleasure” of hearing three different live bands, all playing at the same time, late into every night. I got to know Captain Tony and one day after work, went in foe a few beers, and he came to me and said, Jeff, you HAVE to listen to this! Jimmy Buffet’s wife had just dropped off a cassette with the song “Captain Tony”. He played it again and again, and told me that Jimmy bought him airfare and he a ticket with front row seats to the concert where he was going to play the song for the first time, I think in Georgia. Fun times. Tony’s daughter had the hairiest arms of any woman I’ve ever met! He was quite the character. And by the way, those words Jimmy said were written in the bathroom stall, weren’t there. I checked. Poetic license. RIP JB
@@JUNKERS488 I have many other memories from my days there. After work on the dive boat, I’d have a few in the Turtle Kraals and walk out onto the dock with a Heineken in hand. One time, I watched the sun set and the bar was playing “By the dock of the bay”
Yes, Mel Fisher payed an unfathomable price for that discovery. Very sad.
@@lowandslow3939 Was you boat docked next to the Dream?
My Fathers ship HMS Phoebe was torpedoed by the U161 off the coast of Cote de Voire, West Africa with the loss of over 50 men. Must have been out of the Bremen ship yard just before this boat.
U-161 was attacked and sunk by a PBM of VP-74 from the Seaplane base at Aratu Brazil on September 27, 1943.
U-171, reminds me of the climax scene in Das Boot.
✔️ Friendly correction: I'm pretty sure "Das Boot" was a historical drama about a German cobbler's struggles to keep his boot sales and repair business going in the early _sneaker era_ ..... 😉👍
I truly enjoyed this video thank you .
“ out of the 407 people on board 25 10 crewmen and 15 passengers survived “ What the hell is 25 10 ?
The test to voice sympathizer can't handle punctuation very well.
👍Thanks
Nobody ever talks about u-boat ops in the Gulf of Mexico during the war. I wonder why that is?
Their Operations were limited and while they sunk several US Flagged and Other Ships as well The German's didnt benefit from these operations,
About U-boat in American coast, "Torpedo junction"
Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
So, the patrol plane that dropped the single 350lb depth charge failed to sink anything even though it had been wrongly credited with the sinking of U166? And U171 that was actually the sub targeted by the patrol plane eventually struck a mine just off the coast of France when returning home. I’ve listened to this video twice trying to sort this out. Getting old sucks!
Beats to alternative 😊
It's not you
Type lX subs were equipped with 10.5 cm deck guns, Type Vll carried 8.8 cm cannon
Yes; but around 1943 these had become useless. After Allied aircraft started operating from the Azores, the air threat become so extensive and severe that no U-Boot dared to attack on surface using her guns. It took an awful lot of time, their position was reported and they were sure to be attacked by some B-24, PBY or Sunderland in the process. Instead, they started to replace the gun decks with _Vierling_ 20mm quadruple FLAK and/or a 30mm Flak gun. If confronted with an Allied aircraft they returned fire, often with success, instead of submerging and be promptly depth charged. It didn't take long for the Allies to find a solution: If the Sub submerged she was depth charged anyway. If she didn't, the attacking aircraft stood out of range of her guns and called other aircraft to join the fight. Then they attacked all together, dividing the German defensive fire. Of course, this was in a perfect situation which I doubt had always been present. But for the Germans it would be a Catch 22. 🙁
My Great Grandfather was sunk by gunfire from the U-Boot U-139, in October 14th 1918, while navigating from Madeira to the Azores. He was a Midshipman in the Portuguese Navy Patrol Boat _NRP Augusto de Castilho._ Luiz José Simões was his name. He was very lucky to survive and reach the Azores several days later in a lifeboat. The German U-Boot had two 150mm guns, we had one 47mm gun at the bow and a 40mm at the stern... 🤬🤬
I know. So stupid
Get it right Heinrich
A lot of interesting historical facts..
Admiral EJ King didn't take threats on our coasts seriously which was shit judgment and he knew better. All attention was given to the North Atlantic and the Pacific theaters
This is what happens when you give an irascible anglophobe the job of liaising with the Royal Navy who by that stage of the war could have taught him quite a bit about the value of blackout and sailing in convoy.
Great Video !
Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
Very interesting !
Thanks for watching and have a great week :)
My guy 👍👍
I wonder if any German U-boats actually ventured up the Mississippi it would not surprise me
No it’s way to shallow, they would have to stay on the surface and that would not work for what should be obvious reasons.
They did go way up the St. Laurent in Canada.
@@morstyrannis1951 you are thinking of the battle of st Lawrence and it was in the bay they didn’t transit up the river itself. They were at the mouth of the river.
iron boats steel hearts. good German sub book
It’s in amazing good shape.
If you say so... 🙄
@@duartesimoes508 For a sub that’s been on the bottom of the ocean for 70 years.
Between January 1942 and June 1942, a few German U-boats sank 397 ships off the coast of North America. It was only through the late introduction of the convoy system that the losses decreased. This was the biggest defeat of the US Navy in its history. which can be traced back to the complete failure of the US naval leadership in this area.
And hundreds of innocent young men never returned to loving families who needed them because of evil brought on by mindless order followers of the German Military.
In my mind, every surviving German vet of ww2 should have been treated as a war criminal. Right down to the paper pushers who never touched a gun
0:29 My god it’s buried up to its deck!
Wow, I wonder if it drove itself into the mud that far, or was it deposited over time? Sure wish they'd locate Surcouf.
RIP
Sailing boat....and a shipment of onions....what a killer.
But what did the aircraft attack? So what happened to u-171?
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Found ony bday how fitting
At that depth it might as well be on the Moon,
This is so painful to listen to ……. What was the number of the sub again ?!?
166
800 fathoms < oh come on, give it to us in feet or even meters. No one speaks fathoms by default.
1 fathom of water is 6 feet of depth...do the math and don't be lazy.
@@deplorablelibertarian No. It's the creator's job to do the math for the viewers. Ew, math.
@@deplorablelibertarian I can't count that deep.
Any one who sails or is interested in boats/yachting discussing depth will use fathoms. And this is a program about boats, discussing depth. Now, if it was distance and they were talking cables, you might have a point....
The energy it took to write that reply you could have looked it up. That's 4800 Ft
Everyone working for the Nazis did so in support of their stated policies of genocide, as was being carried out daily in their numerous Extermination Camps in Europe, therefore its good to know that there were no survivors from this submarine!
With all the repeating, a small amount of EDITING would easily bring this vid. down to ten minutes, HALF, but still sacrificing to the Utube logrithm!!
I’m hearing your speaking volume go up and down a bit throughout the whole video. Anyone else? Or am I hearing things?
Wonderful little kittens.
Interesting video, but do something about the voice. It sends me to sleep. Sound enthusiastic FFS!
According to the book The Heart Mender by Andy Andrews the crew on U-166 weren’t nazis, also read the book, it’s about one of the crew members that was shot and fell in the water and washed ashore, he survived, great story
das boot - rip -
Wasn't it discovered 20 years ago?
0:23
is this ai?
Nope not 105mm it was a 88mm cannon
Nope, the type IX sub carried the 10.5 deck gun not the 88mm.
10.5 cm SK C/32 (SK - Schiffskanone (ship board cannon) C - Construktionsjahr (year of design), was a widely used German naval gun on a variety of Kriegsmarine ships during World War II. Originally designed as a surface weapon, it was used in a number of other roles such as anti-aircraft and coastal defence; wet-mounts were developed for U-boats.
10.5 cm SK C/32
Welcome to America.....
America is a continent, not a country, you mean welcome to the US as in US Navy, US Army etc
Very repeatative
A working knowledge of german should be required to be a narrator!
Onore ai marinai tedeschi
There's nothing honourable about fighting for the Nazis, unless you're a neo-Nazi. The Nazi war goals were greed and racial genocide. Nothing honourable about either of those.
RIP