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Originally Posted by Obltn Strand
Me too. Probaply a good officer to serve with. |
I think he really was a good U-Boat Commander and he had a great Crew.
"On 26 March, Hardegen attacked the American Q-Ship USS Atik (3,000 GRT), mistaking it for a merchant freighter. After torpedoing the ship, Hardegen surfaced to sink her with the deck guns, only to find the
Atik trying to ram him and opening fire on him with guns that had been concealed behind false bulwarks. Making a getaway on the surface,
U-123 received eight hits and one of the crew members was wounded fatally. Approaching the
Atik submerged, Hardegen sank her with another torpedo."
Unbelievable, that a submarine could handle so many hits.
