Chronology of World War II
Saturday, April 17
Coast Guard Cutter Sinks U-boat
On this day in 1943, while escorting convoy HX-233, the Coast Guard cutter, USS
Spencer
, attacked German submarine
U-175
, which had located the convoy the night before, and sank her at 48°50’N, 21°20’W, rescuing 19 members of the crew.
