Nummer: 10009
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Central Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 02.06.1942 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 753 |
| Commander : | Manhardt von Mannstein |
| Grid : | DM 69 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | small BRT |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Used weapon(s) : | Machine gunfire |
| Date of observation : | 02.06.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 05:05 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Domino |
| Year of launch : | 1919 |
| Actual tonnage : | 3170 BRT |
| Actual result : | target visibly missed |
| Position of target : | 4sm NE Nuevitas (Cuba) |
| Footnote : | U-753 was out of torpedoes and her deck gun was out of commission from a collision earlier in the patrol. Von Mannstein tried to stop the vessel with his machine-gun and then scuttle her with demolition charges. - "Domino" (3170 grt) was en route Florida to Cuba, when attacked by surfaced sub at 5:05h EWT. The ship hit by machine gun bullets was suffering no damage. When it fought back the sub submerged. |
| updated on: | 08.04.2022 |
| Remark: | ANM |
| Changes: | 1) 1998 Zimmerman 2) Deutsche Fußnote korrigiert |