U-521 sunk by PC-565 on June 2, 1943

PC-565

 

Kapitänleutnant Klaus Bargsten, sole survivor of U-521, talks to LCDR Sherman B. Wetmore aboard USS Pilot (AM-104) enroute Norfolk the day after the sinking

 

Kapitänleutnant Klaus Bargsten arrives in Norfolk

 
 

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ASW-1 Report of Anti-submarine Action by Surface Ship
Third Naval District Report of Sinking of U-521
COMINCH Anti-submarine Assessment Committee Brief
Photos of PC 565 and crew
Report on the Interrogation of the Survivor of U-521
Photograph from Intercepted Mail