U-352 was sunk by the US Coast Guard Cutter Icarus, May 9, 1942

USCGC Icarus arrives at the Charleston Navy Yard 10 May, 1942, the day after after sinking U-352.

 

A watercolor by Kapitänleutnant Hellmut Rathke painted while he was a prisoner of war

 


 

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Photographs of POW s arriving at Charleston, South Carolina
Icarus' Action Report
Analysis of the attack by Icarus
Report on the preliminary Interrogation of Survivors of U-352
Report on the Interrogation of Survivors of U-352