November - 1943
1st - Commissioning, Houston, TX
3rd - Leave Houston, TX
4th - Arrive Galventon, TX |
December -1943
4th - Arrive Bermuda
23rd - Leave Bermuda
26th - Arrive Charleston, SC |
January - 1944
3rd - Leave Charleston, SC
6th - Arrive Norfolk
7th - Leave Norfolk
12th - Arrive Port Arthur, TX
13th - Leave Port Arthur, TX
21st - Arrive Norfolk |
February - 1944
6th - Leave Norfolk
7th - Arrive New York
10th - Leave New York
12th - Arrive PNY [Portland Navy Yard, ME]
13th - Leave PNY |
March - 1944
2nd - Arrive Gibraltar
3rd - Arrive Casablanca
7th - Leave Casablanca
24th - Arrive New York |
April - 1944
3rd - Leave NY
4th - Arrive Portland, Maine
9th - Leave Portland
12th - Leave Norfolk
29th Arrive Gibraltar |
May - 1944
3rd - Arrive Bizerte, Africa
11th - Leave Bizerte
30th - Arrive New York |
June - 1944
10th Leave New York
12th - Arrive Portland, ME
20th - Leave Portland
22nd - Arrive Norfolk
24th - Leave Norfolk |
July - 1944
10th - Arrive Gibraltar
14th - Arrive Bizerte
20th - Leave Bizerte |
August - 1944
8th - Arrive New York
20th - Leave New York
21st - Arrive Portland, ME
29th - Leave Portland
31st - Arrive Norfolk |
September - 1944
2nd - Leave Norfolk
18th - Arrive Gibraltar
22nd - Arrive Bizerte
23rd - Leave Bizerte
27th - Arrive Palermo |
October - 1944
2nd - Leave Palermo
19th - Arrive New York
29th - Leave New York
31st - Arrive Portland, ME |
November - 1944
6th - Leave Portland
8th - Arrive New York
10th - Leave New York
27th - Arrive Oran |
December - 1944
3rd - Leave Oran
22nd - Arrive New York |
January - 1945
2nd - Leave New York
21st - Arrive Oran
27 - Leave Oran |
Febuary - 1945
15th - Arrive Boston
26th - Leave Boston |
March - 1945
1st - Arrive New York
3rd - Leave New York
19th - Arrive Oran
28th - Leave Oran |
April - 1945
13th - Arrive New York |
 May - 1945
Left New York the 2nd
7th - Germany Surrenders Unconditionally
11th - German Sub. surrendered at 0255 in mid-Atlantic Peacefully.
U-873. |
 June - 1945
In Boston[The notes below and on left side of June calender refer to the events of May]
May - 1945
Arrived at Portland* on 16th
Left - 16th. Arrived Boston - 18th
Note on left reads:
Made contact 0255 - boarded 0330. Men surrendered in white uniforms.
White flag raised at 0345. Mast strapped and American flag with white surrendering flag under it raised at 0400, unconditional surrender. Proceeded to PORTL. AR.-PORTL [?]th
[*webmaster note: Mr. Haberkern must have been so excited about the
surrender of U-873 and Germany's surrender that he wrote Portland
(where he had been in port several times) rather than Portsmouth, NH. The sub was delivered to Portsmouth] |
July - 1945
Left Boston - 2nd
Arrived - Quantanomo-Cuba 7th
Leave Cuba - 22nd Arrived Panama, Copo Solo - 23rd
24th through Panama Canal |
August - 1945
Arrive San Diego 1st
Left 5th
12th Japan Surrenders
Arrived Pearl Harbor 15th. |
September - 1945
Leave Pearl Harbor - 3rd
Arrive San Pedro - 9th
Leave San Pedro 11th
Arrive Balboe - 19th
Leave Balboe - 20th
Arrive New York - 26th |
October - 1945
22nd Discharged |
