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German submarine ''U-176'' was a Type IXC U-boat in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Built at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, she was laid down on 6 February 1941, launched on 12 September and commissioned on 15 December, under the command of ''Kapitänleutnant'' Reiner Dierksen. ''U-176'' served with the ''4. Unterseebootsflotille'' (U-boat flotilla) while training, and from 1 August 1942 with the ''10th U-boat Flotilla'', a long-range operations unit. ''U-176'' completed three patrols, sinking 11 ships totalling before she was sunk off Cayo Blanquizal by the Cuban Navy on 15 May 1943. ==Design== German Type IXC submariness were slightly larger than the original Type IXBs. ''U-176'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, it could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-176'' was fitted with six torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one , 180 rounds, and a as well as a anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German submarine U-176」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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