Submarine U-575

U-575

Country	Germany
Ship Class	Type VII-class Submarine
Builder	Blohm und Voss
Slip/Drydock Number	X
Laid Down	1 Aug 1940
Launched	30 Apr 1941
Commissioned	19 Jun 1941

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1 Dec 1941

German submarine U-575 (Kapitänleutnant Günther Heydemann) spotted the unescorted and unarmed 7,542-ton steam tanker Astral at 1700 hours. Astral was carrying 78,200 barrels of gasoline and kerosene. U-575 tracked Astral until 2057 hours when Heydemann discovered a painted American flag on the side of the tanker. Heydemann did not realize that fellow submarine captain Wolfgang Lüth of U-43 had also been tracking the same American tanker.

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