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The following is a list of subs sunk (or captured in the case of U505) by destroyer escorts during WWII. It is the most current and accurate list as of this date (August, 1999). It comes to us courtesy of Bruce Franklin, author of the book, The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts.


Here is the list of submarines credited to the action of DEs. I have placed a 'C' following those German submarines credited to DEs in British service (the Captains class). The total by Navy is U.S.N.: 25 German subs, 29 Japanese subs; R.N.: 35 German subs. (60 U-boats and 29 Japanese submarines as a whole.)

Additionally, RO-115 (Japanese) and U-857 (German) may have been destroyed through the action of destroyer escorts.
German subs: Japanese subs:
1. U-66 1. I-5
2. U-91 C 2. I-6
3. U-154 3. I-10
4. U-212 C 4. I-13
5. U-214 C 5. I-16
6. U-233 6. I-26* (note 2)
7. U-248 7. I-32
8. U-269 C 8. I-37
9. U-285 C 9. I-41
10. U-286 C 10. I-45
11. U-358 C 11. I-48* (note 2)
12. U-371 12. I-55
13. U-392 C 13. I-175
14. U-399 C 14. I-177
15. U-445 C 15. I-180
16. U-480 C 16. I-362
17. U-488 17. I-370
18. U-490 18. RO-42
19. U-505(note 1) 19. RO-44
20. U-515 20. RO-47
21. U-518 21. RO-48
22. U-538 C 22. RO-55* (note 2)
23. U-546 23. RO-104
24. U-548 24. RO-105
25. U-549 25. RO-106
26. U-550 26. RO-108
27. U-575 27. RO-109
28. U-600 C 28. RO-116
29. U-603 29. RO-501 (ex U-1224)
30. U-618 C
31. U-636 C
32. U-648 C
33. U-671 C
34. U-672 C
35. U-709
36. U-722 C
37. U-757 C
38. U-765 C
39. U-774 C
40. U-801
41. U-841 C
42. U-853
43. U-856
44. U-866
45. U-879
46. U-880
47. U-881
48. U-905 C
49. U-965 C
50. U-988 C
51. U-989 C
52. U-1001 C
53. U-1051 C
54. U-1063 C
55. U-1169 C
56. U-1172 C
57. U-1191 C
58. U-1235
59. U-1278 C
60. U-1279 C


Note 1 -- U-505 was taken at sea and is now on display at the Science and Industry Museum in Chicago

Note 2 -- Japanese submarines marked with an asterisk are not positive identifications, but are based on the best available evidence.




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