Patrol info for U-758
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 16 Dec 1943 | Lorient | 20 Jan 1944 | St. Nazaire | 36 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Kptlt. Helmut Manseck |
1WO Oblt. Hermann Böhm |
WO Oblt. Sarto Ballert |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-758
We have daily positions for all 36 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 16 Dec 1943.
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Arrival at St. Nazaire on 20 Jan 1944.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-758 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Borkum (24 Dec 1943 - 3 Jan 1944)
Borkum 2 (3 Jan 1944 - 13 Jan 1944)
Ships hit by U-758 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-758 during this patrol
11 Jan 1944
Attacked by two Avenger aircraft from the hunter-killer group USS Block Island in the Atlantic west of Vigo. Damage from the eight rockets and two depth charges that they each carried forced the boat to return to base at St. Nazaire, arriving 20 Jan. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, p 491.)
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.