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Patriots and Heroes
True Stories of the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II
Reminick, Gerald

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Ranks 1 Apr 1908   Seekadett 10 Apr 1909   Fähnrich zur See 27 Sep 1911   Leutnant zur See 19 Sep 1914   Oberleutnant zur See 28 Apr 1918   Kapitänleutnant 16 Feb 1920   Out of naval service Decorations   Iron Cross 2nd class   Iron Cross 1st class   Military Merit Order (Bavaria) 9 Jan 1917   Royal House Order of Hohenzollern 3 Mar 1918   Pour le Mérite

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Was awarded the Pour le Mérite for outstanding leadership and distinguished naval planning and successful submarine operations. During the previous 16 months on war patrol he sank a total of 49 enemy vessels which represented a loss of approximately 170.000 BRT.

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons	Nat.
17 Aug 1916	UB 47		Stampalia	Passenger steamer	9,000		it
8 Sep 1916	UB 47		Butetown	Steamer	3,789		br
8 Sep 1916	UB 47		Llangorse	Steamer	3,841		br
8 Sep 1916	UB 47		Spetzai	Steamer	1,904		gr
4 Oct 1916	UB 47		Franconia	Troopship	18,510		br
11 Oct 1916	UB 47		Crosshill	Steamer	5,002		br
12 Oct 1916	UB 47		Sebek (d.)	Steamer	4,601		br
14 Oct 1916	UB 47		ANNUNZIATA	Sailing vessel	61		it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47		Elena	Sailing vessel	52		it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47		IL NUOVO S. LUIGI	Sailing vessel	39		it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47		Il Redentore	Sailing vessel	80		it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47		LA NUOVA CONCETTINA	Sailing vessel	32		it
15 Oct 1916	UB 47		Avis	Steamer	1,000		gr
27 Dec 1916	UB 47		Gaulois	Battleship	11,100		fr
1 Jan 1917	UB 47		Ivernia	Passenger steamer	14,278		br
3 Jan 1917	UB 47		Huntsend (d.)	Passenger steamer	8,826		br
1 Mar 1917	UB 47		Euterpe (d.)	Steamer	3,540		br
8 Mar 1917	UB 47		Georgian	steamer	5,088		br
12 Aug 1917	UB 48		Roanoke	Steamer	4,803		br
14 Aug 1917	UB 48		Prize	Q-ship	199		br
18 Aug 1917	UB 48		Kongsli	Steamer	5,826		nw
20 Aug 1917	UB 48		Serra Do Marao	Trawler	74		pt
20 Aug 1917	UB 48		Serra Do Pilar	Trawler	65		pt
23 Aug 1917	UB 48		Winlaton	Steamer	3,270		br
27 Aug 1917	UB 48		Hathor	Steamer	3,823		br
2 Oct 1917	UB 48		Imera	Steamer	1,172		it
6 Oct 1917	UB 48		Citta Di Bari	Passenger steamer	1,489		it
9 Oct 1917	UB 48		Niki	Steamer	511		gr
14 Oct 1917	UB 48		Valparaiso	Steamer	4,930		it
19 Oct 1917	UB 48		Pera	Steamer	7,635		br
20 Oct 1917	UB 48		Collegian	Steamer	7,520		br
27 Nov 1917	UB 48		Glenbridge (d.)	Steamer	3,845		br
4 Dec 1917	UB 48		Dowlais	Steamer	3,016		br
4 Dec 1917	UB 48		Gerasimos	Steamer	3,845		gr
8 Dec 1917	UB 48		Consols	Steamer	3,756		br
27 Jan 1918	UB 48		Volonta Di Dio	Sailing vessel	43		it
30 Jan 1918	UB 48		Harlaw	Steamer	821		it
2 Feb 1918	UB 48		Celia	Steamer	5,004		br
2 Feb 1918	UB 48		Edilio	Steamer	4,719		it
2 Feb 1918	UB 48		Newminster Abbey	Steamer	3,114		br
3 Feb 1918	UB 48		Aboukir	Steamer	3,660		br
7 Feb 1918	UB 48		Sturton	Steamer	4,406		br
26 Apr 1918	UB 48		Upada (d.)	Steamer	5,257		br
26 Apr 1918	UB 48		Leopold D’or	Steamer	2,300		fr
27 Apr 1918	UB 48		Romany	Tanker	3,983		br
27 Apr 1918	UB 48		Saint Jean (d.)	Navy trawler	287		fr
29 Apr 1918	UB 48		Kingstonian	Steamer	6,564		br
29 Apr 1918	UB 48		Dalkeith	Navy tug	748		br
29 Apr 1918	UB 48		Monte Bianco (d.)	Sailing vessel	988		fr
29 Apr 1918	UB 48		Moose (d.)	Navy tug	208		br
2 May 1918	UB 48		Franklyn	Steamer	4,919		br
2 May 1918	UB 48		Tyler	Steamer	3,928		am
5 May 1918	UB 48		Clan Ross (d.)	Steamer	5,971		br
3 Jun 1918	UB 48		Sant’ Antonio	Sailing vessel	389		it
6 Jun 1918	UB 48		Christophero Colombo	Sailing vessel	264		it
10 Jun 1918	UB 48		Nivernais	Steamer	2,555		fr
13 Jun 1918	UB 48		Penhallow	Steamer	4,318		br
16 Aug 1918	UB 48		Balkan	Troopship	1,709		fr
18 Aug 1918	UB 48		Nordboen	Steamer	2,417		da
1 Sep 1918	UB 48		Baron Minto (d.)	Steamer	4,537		br
1 Sep 1918	UB 48		Monviso (d.)	Steamer	4,020		it
18 Oct 1918	UB 48		Voltaire (d.)	Battleship	18,400		fr
					242,051
50 ships sunk (181,571 tons) and 12 ships damaged (60,480 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.

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