The German U-boat 1918 American Campaign-- Part 1

On 14 April 1918, the U-151 departed from Kiel on a mission to sing American shipping off the U.S. coast.  She arrived off the Chesapeake Bay on 21 May where she laid mines off the Delaware capes and cut the submerged telegraph cables connecting New York with Nova Scotia.

On 25 May, she stopped three U.S. schooners off Virginia, took their crews prisoner and sank the ships with gunfire.

BLACK SUNDAY

On 2 June 1918, a date some historians call "Black Sunday", the U-151 sank six ships and damaged two others off the coast of New Jersey in the space of a few hours.  The next day, the tanker Herbert L. Pratt struck a mine previously laid by the U-151, but was later salvaged.

In the seven sinkings a total of 13 died, all due to a capsized life boat.

The U-151 returned to Kiel 20 July 1918 after a 94-day cruise over 10,915 miles in which she sank 23 ships totalling 61,00 tons and had laid mines responsible for sinking another four vessels.

Good Hunting for the 151.  --DaCoot