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UC-97


Class: UC III, Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Keel Launched: 17 Mar, 1918. Commissioned UC-97,3 Sep, 1918; Fate: 22 Nov, 1918 - Surrenderd to the USA. Used for exhibition to raise war loans from New York, via Halifax and St. Lawrence to the Great Lakes. Sunk on 7 June, 1921 by gunfire from the US training vessel Willmette at Lake Michigan.

Specifications:Displacement: 491 (surf.), 571 (subm.); l. 184 1/4'; b. 18 3/4'; dr. 12 1/2'; s. 11.5 k. (surf.), 6.6 k. (subm.); cpl. 32; a. 3 20" tt., 1 3.4", 6 mine tubes, 14 mines; cl. UC-90)
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U-boats92k A promotional poster for the Victory Liberty Loan. UB-88 and other former German submarines visited numerous U.S. ports during 1919 to help stimulate interest in the postwar Victory Bond Drive. NARA Photo, text courtesy of Warship Int. Edition # 3, 1986.
U-boats120k Another view of the "sails" of the three ex-German submarines UB-88 , UB-148 & UC-97 , taken at New York Navy Yard prior to UB-88's departure on 5 May 1919. Note the fresh paint for the Bond Drive, including in particular the serpent on UB-148's conning tower. NARA Photo, text courtesy of Warship Int. Edition # 3, 1986.
U-boats68k Starboard side view of the UC-97 , circa 1919, location unknown. NARA Photo, courtesy of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society.

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
U-Boat.net
The Eastland Memorial Society


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