German submarine U-552 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1939 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as yard number 528, launched on 14 September 1940, and went into service on 4 December 1940.

The first US Navy ship lost in the Atlantic. On 31 October 1941 U-552 was hunting the eastbound convoy HX 156, and at roughly 0525 hrs torpedoed one of the escorts. The ship's magazine exploded and the ship sank rapidly, with 100 from the crew of 144 going down with her.

U 552, unter Oberleutnant zur See Erich Topp, lief am 07.04.1941 von St. Nazaire aus. Das Boot operierte im Nordatlantik, südlich Island. Nach 29 Tagen und zurückgelegten 5.034 sm über und 250 sm unter Wasser, lief U 552 am 06.05.1941 wieder in St. Nazaire ein.

U 552 war ein deutsches U-Boot vom Typ VII C. Es wurde am 4. Dezember 1940 in Dienst gestellt. Kommandant des Bootes war bis September 1942 Kapitänleutnant Erich Topp, danach wurde das Boot von Kapitänleutnant Klaus Popp befehligt.

U-552是一艘VIIC型潜艇，水面排水量769吨，水面航速17.7节，配备5具鱼雷发射管，可携带14枚鱼雷，性能要比IIC型优越得多。 一幅描绘U-552潜艇驶出港口的画作，该艇属于VIIC型，1940年12月建成服役，在托普指挥下成为战争中战绩最突出的德军潜艇之一，同时指挥塔两侧的红魔标志也使它成为辨识度最高的王牌潜艇。 1941年2月18日，U-552从赫尔戈兰岛（Helgoland）出发，穿越北海，绕过设得兰群岛（Shetland Islands）后进入广阔的北大西洋猎场，开始首次猎杀之旅。

u-552是一艘viic型潜艇，绰号红魔鬼，于1940年12月4日正式服役，并于次年2月中开始了自己的第一次战斗巡航；在其前5次巡航中，u-552每次都击沉了至少1艘盟军的运输船。

德国U552号潜艇是一种潜艇，航速为8节，排水量为769吨。 该艇在破坏盟国海上交通线的作战中击沉大量盟军运输船。 1945年德国战败时，艇上官兵拒不投降，将潜艇自沉。 排水量769 …

German submarine U-552 was a Type VIIC U-Boat built for the Nazi German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1939 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as 'werk' 528, launched on 14 September 1940 …

2008年7月14日 · U-552 was a 626-ton Type VII submarine built in Hamburg by the Blohm and Voss works. Because of the red devils that decorated its conning tower, U-552 became known as the "Red Devil Boat." On their first patrol in U-552, Topp and his crew sank the 12,062-ton British tanker Cadillac on March 1, 1941.