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USS Minnesota
28th March 1918 SM U-117
Type UE 2
Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 91)
Ordered 27 May 1916
Launched 10 Dec 1917
Commissioned 28 Mar 1918
Commanders.
28 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Otto Dröscher
Career 1 patrols
Successes 20 ships sunk with a total of 27,459 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 12,845 tons.
1 warship damaged with a total of 18,000 tons.
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Aleda May 31 am
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Cruiser 28 am
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Earl and Nettie 24 am
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Katie L. Palmer 31 am
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Mary E. Sennett 26 am
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Progress 34 am
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Reliance 19 am
- 10 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher William H. Starbuck 53 am
- 12 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Sommerstad 3,875 nw
- 13 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Frederic R. Kellogg (damaged) 7,127 am
- 14 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Dorothy B. Barrett 2,088 am
- 15 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Madrugada 1,613 am
- 16 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Mirlo 6,978 br
- 17 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Nordhav 2,846 nw
- 20 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Ansaldo Iii° (damaged) 5,310 it
- 24 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Bianca (damaged) 408 br
- 26 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Rush 145 am
- 27 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Bergsdalen 2,555 nw
- 30 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Elsie Porter 136 br
- 30 Aug 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Potentate 136 br
- 29 Sep 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Minnesota (damaged) 18,000 am
- 4 Oct 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher San Saba 2,458 am
- 27 Oct 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Chaparra 1,510 cu
- 9 Nov 1918 U 117 Otto Dröscher Saetia 2,873 am
Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to the USA. Used for exhibitions along the Atlantic coast. Sunk on 21 June, 1921 near Cape Charles, Virginia during tests.
There was another U 117 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Jul 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 25 Oct 1941.
John Doran
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