What the records say
- When
- 17 Nov 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.53° N, 5.35° W
- Description
- 1917 naval battle between US and German forces
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War I
Action of 17 November 1917
Naval battle between US and German forces
The action of 17 November 1917 was a naval battle of the First World War. The action was fought between a German U-boat and two United States Navy destroyers in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWI: Action of 17 November 1917: United States Navy destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson capture Imperial German Navy U-boat SM U-58 off the south-west…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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