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Comandante do submarino alemão:
Detlev Krankenhagen
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 1 warship sunk for a total of 9.393 tons 1 warship damaged for a total of 1.300 tons |
| Born | 3 Jul, 1917 | Danzig |
| Died | 29 May, 1944 | south-west of Madeira |
| | Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-549 | 11 Jan, 1944 | Kiel | 26 Mar, 1944 | Lorient | Patrol, | 76 days |
| 2. | U-549 | 14 May, 1944 | Lorient | 29 May, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 2 patrols, 92 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Detlev Krankenhagen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 29 May, 1944 | U-549 | USS Barr (DE 576) | 1.300 |  | am | damaged | |
| 29 May, 1944 | U-549 | USS Block Island (CVE 21) | 9.393 | | am | ||
| 10.693 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
U-549
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 28 Sep, 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 370) | ||
| Launched | 28 Apr, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 14 Jul, 1943 | Kptlt. Detlev Krankenhagen | ||
| Commanders |
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| Career | 2 patrols | 14 Jul, 1943 - 31 Dec, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1944 - 29 May, 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 warship sunk for a total of 9.393 tons 1 warship damaged for a total of 1.300 tons | |||
| Fate | Sunk 29 May, 1944 in the mid-Atlantic south-west of Madeira, Portugal, in position 31.13N, 23.03W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Eugene E. Elmore and USS Ahrens. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 2 ships hit by U-549 - View the 2 war patrols
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-549 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-549
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 28 Sep, 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 370) | ||
| Launched | 28 Apr, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 14 Jul, 1943 | Kptlt. Detlev Krankenhagen | ||
| Commanders |
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| Career | 2 patrols | 14 Jul, 1943 - 31 Dec, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1944 - 29 May, 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 warship sunk for a total of 9.393 tons 1 warship damaged for a total of 1.300 tons | |||
| Fate | Sunk 29 May, 1944 in the mid-Atlantic south-west of Madeira, Portugal, in position 31.13N, 23.03W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Eugene E. Elmore and USS Ahrens. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 2 ships hit by U-549 - View the 2 war patrols
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-549 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
O Porta Aviões:
The U.S.S.Block Island CVE-21 which was sunk by a German U-Boat during World War 2 was the only U.S. Navy Carrier to be lost in the Atlantic Ocean. 
The 2nd U.S.S.Block Island CVE-106 Escort carrier with a full U.S.Marine Corps Fighter Wing. Going to the Pacific Ocean to fight the Japanese during World War 2. Dads carrier.
Some of the crew of the U.S.S.Block Island CVE-21 that was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by a German U-Boat during World War 2. 
The U.S.S.Block Island CVE-21 which was sunk by a German U-Boat during World War 2 was the only U.S. Navy Carrier to be lost in the Atlantic Ocean. 
The view from the telescope of the German U-Boat that just fired the torpedo that sank the U.S.S.Block Island CVE-21 you can see the trace line in the water of the torpedo's path after being fired. Revenge was swift a U.S. Destroyer Escort sank the German U-Boat with all hands with depth charges. 
The corpsmen of the U.S.S.Block Island USS BLOCK ISLAND (ACV-21)
(later CVE-21)
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Yankee - Mike
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal / European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2 stars) / World War II Victory Medal
| Bogue Class Escort Carrier | |||||
| Ordered | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Stricken |
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| (see below) | 19 Jan 1942 | 6 Jun 1942 | 8 Mar 1943 | 28 Jun 1944 | |
| Builder: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash. | |||||
- Named, 19 March 1942, for a sound that lies east of Long Island, N.Y., and south of Rhode Island. It takes its name from Block Island which it separates from the Rhode Island coast.
- Built under a Maritime Commission contract (hull number 237), type C3-S-A1.
- Acquired by the Navy on 1 May 1942.
- Originally classified as an "Aircraft Escort Vessel" and designated AVG-21.
- Reclassified as an "Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated ACV-21, 20 August 1942 (prior to commissioning).
- Reclassified as an "Escort Carrier" and redesignated CVE-21, 15 July 1943.
 | Fate: Hit by two torpedoes from German submarine U-549 at 2013, May 29, 1944. A third torpedo struck the escort carrier 10' later, and FBI ("Fighting Block Island") finally sank at 2155. During this same action USS Barr (DE-576) was hit and damaged by another torpedo, and U-549 was sunk by USS Eugene A. Elmore (DE-686) and USS Ahrens (DE-575). Six USS Block Island crewmen died during or soon after the attack, and four out of six Wildcat pilots aloft at the time of the attack could not make it to the Canary Islands, where they had been vectored. They remain on active duty. |
Specifications
(As commissioned, 1943)
Displacement: 7,800 tons standard; 15,700 tons full load (design)
Dimensions (wl): 465' x 69.5' x 23.25' / 141.7 x 21.2 x 7.1 meters
Dimensions (max.): 495' 8" x 111.5' / 151.1 x 34 meters
Armor: None
Power plant: 2 boilers (285 psi); 1 steam turbine; 1 shaft; 8,500 shp
Speed: 16.5 knots
Endurance:
Armament: 2 single 5"/51 (later 5"/38) gun mounts; (1943) 8 twin 40-mm/56-cal gun mounts; (1943) 27 single 20-mm/70-cal gun mounts
Aircraft: 24
Aviation facilities: 2 elevators; 1 hydraulic catapult (H 2); Mk 4 mod 5A arresting gear
Crew: 890
| Click On Image For Full Size Image | Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright | |
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 NS0302101 | 40k | USS Block Island (CVE-21) underway, October 12, 1943 wearing Ms.22 camouflage. | Haze Gray & Underway | |
 NS0302102 | 51k | Shortly after leaving Norfolk, October 15, 1943, on her first anti-submarine cruise, with aircraft from VC-1 on deck. | USN | |
 NS0302103 | 43k | Sinking after being torpedoed by German submarine U-549, May 29, 1944 (port side view). | Haze Gray & Underway | |
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DANFS History entry located on the Naval Historical Center Web Site.
| Crew Contact and Reunion Information | ||||||||||||||||
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| Related Links |
| Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan. USS Block Island web page World War II Damage Report located on the NAVSEA 05P4 web site Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association |
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