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Photo # NH 41767:  Officers, crewmen and a former prisoner of war on the foredeck of U-152, in the Kiel Canal, November 1918

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U-152 (Submarine, 1917-1918)

U-152, a 1512-ton U-151 class cruiser-type submarine built at Hamburg as part of Germany's World War I shipbuilding effort, was commissioned in October 1917. Initially intended as a submersible merchantman for transporting critical war materials through the British blockade, she was converted to a combat ship while under construction. U-152 was actively employed in the Atlantic during the last year of the conflict. Among her victims were two American schooners, Julia Frances (sunk on 27 January 1918) and A.E. Whyland (sunk on 13 March 1918), the Norwegian bark Stifinder (sunk on 13 October 1918), and USS Ticonderoga. The latter was sunk, with heavy casualties among her crew and passengers, on 30 September 1918. The submarine also fought a gun battle with USS George G. Henry on 29 September. After returning to Germany in November 1918, at the end of her final wartime cruise, U-152 went to Harwich, England, where she was surrendered to the British. She sank in 1921, while on her way to be scrapped.

This page features all the views we have concerning the German submarine U-152.


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Photo #: NH 2472

U-152
(German Submarine, 1917)

View on deck during a combat cruise in the Atlantic, 16 October 1918.
Seated in the left center foreground are two U.S. Navy officers captured when the submarine sank USS Ticonderoga (ID # 1958) on 30 September 1918. They are Lieutenant Frank L. Muller, USNRF, Ticonderoga's Executive Officer (at left), and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Junius H. Fulcher, USNRF.
The others present are members of U-152's crew.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 44371

U-152
(German Submarine, 1917)

Officers, crewmen and their U.S. Navy prisoners of war on the submarine's deck, as she arrived at Kiel, Germany, 15 November 1918.
The two U.S. Navy officers, captured when the U-152 sank USS Ticonderoga (ID # 1958) on 30 September 1918, are in the left portion of this photograph. Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Junius H. Fulcher, USNRF, is wearing his USN Officer's cap, and stands directly behind the bearded man in the left foreground. By his left shoulder, wearing a civilian cap, is Lieutenant Frank L. Muller, USNRF, Ticonderoga's Executive Officer.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 41767

U-152
(German Submarine, 1917)

Officers, crewmen and a former prisoner of war on the submarine's foredeck, while she was passing through the Kiel Canal on the way to Harwich, England to be surrendered, 28 November 1918.
Two U.S. Navy officers, captured when the U-152 sank USS Ticonderoga (ID # 1958) on 30 September 1918, were on board the submarine. One is seen in this photograph, standing third from right, wearing his uniform and a civilian cap. He is Lieutenant Frank L. Muller, USNRF, Ticonderoga's Executive Officer. The other was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Junius H. Fulcher, USNRF.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 2473

U-152
(German Submarine, 1917)

Comes alongside its prize, the Norwegian bark Stifinder, on 13 October 1918. The bark was sunk after being captured in the western mid-Atlantic. She appears to be flying a Spanish flag.
At this time U-152 had two U.S. Navy officers on board as prisoners of war, captured when she sank USS Ticonderoga (ID # 1958) on 30 September 1918. They were Lieutenant Frank L. Muller, USNRF, Ticonderoga's Executive Officer, and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Junius H. Fulcher, USNRF.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 42510

Stifinder
(Norwegian Bark, 1894)

Sinking with her sails still set, in the western mid-Atlantic, 13 October 1918. She had been captured and scuttled by the German submarine U-152.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Introductory text updated 18 December 2006