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…Kapitaen sur See Kurt Freiwald.

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Thanks again Armand.

Think you can dig up some obscure WW2 naval actions?
Need some ideas for spceship scenarios.

I bet being in an overcrowded U-Boat in the Indian Ocean was lots of fun if you enjoyed sweating profusely.

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The USS Buckley vs. U-66: Hand-to-Hand Combat at SeaOn May 6, 1944, the American destroyer escort USS Buckley ambushed the German U-Boat U-66 in the Atlantic. After a fierce exchange of gunfire, the Buckley rammed the submarine. Chaos ensued as desperate German sailors spilled onto the American ship's deck, forcing the U.S. Navy to issue a command not heard in over a century: "Stand by to repel boarders!" The American crew fought off the invaders with rifles, pistols, shell casings, and even heavy mess coffee cups. The U-66 was eventually scuttled by its own crew and sank.

The Battle of the Barents SeaOn December 31, 1942, a German surface fleet, including the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and pocket battleship Lützow, attempted to annihilate Allied Convoy JW 51B, which was carrying vital supplies to the Soviet Union. Outgunned, a small escort of British destroyers laid smoke screens and fought aggressively, shielding the slow merchant ships. The German surface ships failed to sink a single transport. This failure so enraged Adolf Hitler that he sharply curtailed the use of German surface warships, shifting the Kriegsmarine's focus entirely to U-Boat warfare

The Battle of the Barents SeaOn December 31, 1942, a German surface fleet, including the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and pocket battleship Lützow, attempted to annihilate Allied Convoy JW 51B, which was carrying vital supplies to the Soviet Union. Outgunned, a small escort of British destroyers laid smoke screens and fought aggressively, shielding the slow merchant ships. The German surface ships failed to sink a single transport. This failure so enraged Adolf Hitler that he sharply curtailed the use of German surface warships, shifting the Kriegsmarine's focus entirely to U-Boat warfare

The USS Buckley vs. U-66: Hand-to-Hand Combat at SeaOn May 6, 1944, the American destroyer escort USS Buckley ambushed the German U-Boat U-66 in the Atlantic. After a fierce exchange of gunfire, the Buckley rammed the submarine. Chaos ensued as desperate German sailors spilled onto the American ship's deck, forcing the U.S. Navy to issue a command not heard in over a century: "Stand by to repel boarders!" The American crew fought off the invaders with rifles, pistols, shell casings, and even heavy mess coffee cups. The U-66 was eventually scuttled by its own crew and sank

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Obscure? How about

From "Official Chronology of of the US Navy in World War II"

Tuesday 21 August 1945 –
Two Chinese junks (Lieutenant Livingston Swentzel Jr., USNR) manned by 7 Americans and 20 Chinese guerrillas are attacked by Japanese junk (with a crew of 83 men) while enroute from Haimen to Shanghai, China. In a 45-minute action, the Chinese craft, directed by Lieutenant Swentzel, engage the enemy with bazookas, machine guns, and grenades. Upon boarding the Japanese craft, the Allied force finds 45 dead and 35 wounded; the victory has been achieved at the cost of four Chinese killed, and one American and five Chinese wounded. For his heroism above and beyond the call of duty, Lieutenant Swentzel is awarded the Navy Cross in what probably proves to be the last surface action of World War II.

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