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SM U-117 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. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-117? There are:0 items tagged SM U-117 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-117 during the Great War 1914-1918.