CGC Spencer vs. U-175, 1943
Official Caption: "German submarine men swim in the Atlantic. U.S. Coast Guardsmen fished them from the water, after sinking their sub." Date: 17 April 1943 (Photo cleared by censors and released on 19 July 1943) Photo No.: 1565; Photographer: Jack January Source - NARA Description: Two surviving officers of the U-175, Fähnrich zur See Walter Wepplemann (left); Leutnant zur See Paul Möller (right) awaiting rescue by Spencer. Note their inflated escape vests.