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[Ant__.]

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[NeoDeo1955]

Originally posted by NeoDeo1955:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by NeoDeo1955:
What USN ship sank 5 IJN subs in 8 days?

No one knows?

Hint: She was a DE. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ok another hint:

She is named after an officer who died on the Oklahoma on December 7th 1941.

[Ant__.]

No takers? Neodeo1955 you'll have to reveal the answer and educate us all. Sounds like one hell of a patrol for that Destroyer!

[Minoos]

Could it be USS ENGLAND, DE-635?

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_England_(DE-635)

During the next 8 days, she was to set an impressive record in anti-submarine warfare, never matched in World War II by any other American ship, as she hunted down and sank I-16 on 19 May, RO-106 on 22 May, RO-104 on 23 May, RO-116 on 24 May, and RO-108 on 26 May. In three of these cases, the other destroyer escorts were in on the beginning of the actions, but the kill in every case was England 's alone.

[NeoDeo1955]

Originally posted by Minoos:
Could it be USS ENGLAND, DE-635?

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_England_(DE-635)
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">During the next 8 days, she was to set an impressive record in anti-submarine warfare, never matched in World War II by any other American ship, as she hunted down and sank I-16 on 19 May, RO-106 on 22 May, RO-104 on 23 May, RO-116 on 24 May, and RO-108 on 26 May. In three of these cases, the other destroyer escorts were in on the beginning of the actions, but the kill in every case was England 's alone.

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes that is correct!

and 4 days later the England got partial credit for another sub aswell.

Your turn.

[Minoos]

Sorry for being a bit long... Let's get back to the u-boat side.

Which kaleun was finally rehabilitated during the 1990s? In 1998, the city of Kiel honored his memory with a memorial and also renamed a street near the Kiel Canal were he was executed in 1944.

[VikingGrandad]

You must be referring to Oblt. z.S. Oskar Kusch - condemned to death by a military tribunal for alleged "Wehrkraftzersetzung" (sedition and defeatism).

I had heard of this incident before, but didn't know about the street named after Kusch until I researched the answer. I'm glad to hear his name is now officially honoured.

[Ant__.]

Originally posted by VikingGrandad:
You must be referring to Oblt. z.S. Oskar Kusch - condemned to death by a military tribunal for alleged "Wehrkraftzersetzung" (sedition and defeatism).

That was quick! I think I was getting there, but you beat me to it!

[Minoos]

VG this is a good answer...
Source for my question:
article_rust_kusch_uboat

[VikingGrandad]

Thanks Minoos.

I know I've said this before, but I think the answer to this question will be easy to find:

Which was the only WW2 U-boat to be sunk twice?