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{{Short description|German World War II submarine}}
{{other ships|German submarine U-106}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=U-106a.jpg
|Ship image size=300px
|Ship caption=A Type IXB submarine, believed to be ''U-106'', under attack by a [[Short Sunderland|Sunderland]] flying boat
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=[[Nazi Germany]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|naval}}
|Ship name=''U-106''
|Ship ordered=24 May 1938
|Ship builder=[[DeSchiMAG]] [[AG Weser]], [[Bremen]]
|Ship yard number=969
|Ship laid down=26 November 1939 
|Ship launched=17 June 1940
|Ship completed=
|Ship commissioned=24 September 1940
|Ship homeport=[[Lorient]], [[France]]
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship identification=
|Ship fate=Sunk, 2 August 1943, northwest of Spain, by British and Australian aircraft{{sfn|Kemp|1999|p=138}}
|Ship notes=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=
|Ship class=[[Type IX submarine|Type IXB]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement=
*{{convert|1051|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|1178|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged 
|Ship length=
*{{convert|76.50|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} [[o/a]]
*{{convert|58.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[pressure hull]]
|Ship beam=
*{{convert|6.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
*{{convert|4.40|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[pressure hull]] 
|Ship draught={{convert|4.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} 
|Ship speed=
*{{convert|18.2|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|7.3|kn}} submerged 
|Ship range=
*{{convert|12000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}} surfaced
*{{convert|64|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} submerged 
|Ship armament=
*6 × [[torpedo tube]]s (4 bow, 2 stern)
*22 × {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} [[torpedo]]es
*1 × [[10.5&nbsp;cm SK C/32 naval gun]] (180 rounds)
*1 × [[3.7&nbsp;cm SK C/30|{{convert|3.7|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} SK C/30]] AA gun
*1 × twin [[2 cm FlaK 30]] AA guns
|Ship notes=
}}
{{Infobox service record
|is_ship=yes
|label=
|partof=
*[[2nd U-boat Flotilla]]
*24 September 1940 – 2 August 1943
|codes=M 34 486
|commanders=
*''[[Kptlt.]]'' [[Jürgen Oesten]]
*24 September 1940 – 19 October 1941
*''Kptlt.'' [[Hermann Rasch]]
*20 October 1941 – April 1943
*''[[Oblt.z.S.]]'' Wolf-Dietrich Damerow
*20 June – 2 August 1943
|operations=*10 patrols:
*1st patrol:
*4 January – 10 February 1941
*2nd patrol:
*26 February – 17 June 1941
*3rd patrol:
*11 August – 11 September 1941
*4th patrol:
*21 October – 22 November 1941
*5th patrol:
*3 January – 22 February 1942
*6th patrol:
*15 April – 29 June 1942
*7th patrol:
*25 – 29 July 1942
*8th patrol:
*22 September – 26 December 1942
*9th patrol:
*17 February – 4 April 1943
*10th patrol:
*28 July – 2 August 1943
|victories=
*22 merchant ships sunk <br>({{GRT|138,581}})
*2 merchant ships damaged <br>({{GRT|12,634}})
*1 warship damaged <br>(31,100 tons)
*1 auxiliary warship damaged <br>({{GRT|8,246}})
}}
|}

'''German submarine ''U-106''''' was a [[Type IX submarine#Type IXB|Type IXB]] [[U-boat]] of [[Nazi Germany]]'s ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'' that operated during [[World War II]]. She was laid down on 26 November 1939 at [[DeSchiMAG]] [[AG Weser]] in [[Bremen]] as yard number 969, [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 17 June 1940 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 24 September. She was armed with six torpedo tubes and a [[10.5&nbsp;cm SK C/32 naval gun]]. ''U-106'' was assigned to the [[2nd U-boat Flotilla]] on 24 September 1940, in which she would serve for nearly three years.

''U-106'' was one of the most successful German submarines of World War II. She completed 10 wartime patrols and sank 22 ships totalling {{GRT|138,581|disp=long}}. She also damaged two ships totalling {{GRT|12,634|link=off}}, one auxiliary warship of {{GRT|8,246|link=off}} and the battleship {{HMS|Malaya}}. ''U-106'' helped to catalyze [[Mexico]]'s entry into World War II on the side of the Allies by sinking one of two oil tankers; the {{SS| Faja de Oro||2}}. (The other was the {{SS|Potrero del Llano||2}}, sunk by {{GS|U-564||2}}).

==Design==
[[Type IXB submarine]]s were slightly larger than the original [[Type IXA submarine|Type IX submarines]], later designated IXA. ''U-106'' had a displacement of {{convert|1051|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|1178|t|LT}} while submerged.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}} The U-boat had a total length of {{convert|76.50|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}, a [[pressure hull]] length of {{convert|58.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|6.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a height of {{convert|9.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a [[draught (ship)|draught]] of {{convert|4.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two [[MAN SE|MAN]] M 9 V 40/46 [[supercharged]] four-stroke, nine-cylinder [[diesel engine]]s producing a total of {{convert|4400|PS|kW shp|-1}} for use while surfaced, two [[Siemens-Schuckert]] 2 GU 345/34 [[Motor–generator|double-acting electric motors]] producing a total of {{convert|1000|PS|kW shp|-1}} for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two {{convert|1.92|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} [[propeller]]s. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to {{convert|230|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}}

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|18.2|kn}} and a maximum submerged speed of {{convert|7.3|kn}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}} When submerged, the boat could operate for {{convert|64|nmi}} at {{convert|4|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|12000|nmi}} at {{convert|10|kn}}. ''U-106'' was fitted with six {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 [[torpedo]]es, one [[10.5&nbsp;cm SK C/32 naval gun|{{convert|10.5|cm|in|2|abbr=on}} SK C/32 naval gun]], 180 rounds, and a [[3.7&nbsp;cm SK C/30|{{convert|3.7|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} SK C/30]] as well as a [[2 cm FlaK 30|{{convert|2|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} C/30]] anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a [[Ship's company|complement]] of forty-eight.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|p=68}}

==Service history==

===1st patrol===
''U-106'' departed [[Kiel]] for her first patrol on 4 January 1941 which was to be conducted in the Atlantic Ocean. Her route included negotiating the [[GIUK gap|gap]] between the [[Faroe Islands|Faroe]] and [[Shetland Islands]]. She sailed north-west of [[Rockall]] and sank two ships: ''Zealandic'' on the 17th and ''Sesostris'' on the 29th. There were no survivors from either vessel.

The boat docked in Lorient in occupied France on 10 February.

===2nd patrol===
For her second patrol, ''U-106'' departed Lorient on 26 February 1941. She would not return to France until 17 June 112 days later. The boat headed for the coast of west Africa. Her first victim on this patrol was ''Memnon'', which went to the bottom {{convert|200|nmi|abbr=on}} west of [[Ras Nouadhibou|Cape Blanco]], French West Africa on 11 March. She sank seven more ships and damaged two others, including the battleship {{HMS|Malaya}} in the vicinity of [[Senegal]] and the [[Cape Verde Islands]]. One of the seven, ''Eastlea'', had her back broken and sank within ten minutes.

===3rd patrol===
Sortie number three and the U-boat failed to find any targets. She had left Lorient on 11 August 1941 and returned there a month later (on 11 September), having covered the ocean west of Ireland, also west of the [[Azores]] and from north of that island chain to the Portuguese mainland.

On 2 Sept., the submarine met the German freighter ''Anneliese Essberger'' at 37 degrees 55 minutes N and 37 degrees 24 minutes W. She then escorted the freighter until 8 Sept., when they reached western cape of the Spanish north coast. The freighter then continued onwards to [[Bordeaux]].<ref name=Giese>Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, {{ISBN|1557503079}}</ref>{{rp|100–105}}

===4th patrol===
Any success on the boat's fourth sally was marred on 23 October 1941 by the discovery that an entire watch, (four men), had been washed overboard in heavy seas on the western edge of the [[Bay of Biscay]]. ''U-106'' sank one ship, ''King Malcolm'' on the 28th and damaged one other, {{USS|Salinas}}, on the 30th. She was then hunted for nine hours and seriously damaged by the escort vessels of [[List of World War II convoys|convoy ON-28]].

===5th patrol===
For her fifth patrol, ''U-106'' sailed along the [[East Coast of the United States|eastern coast of the United States]] and sank five ships, during the so-called "[[Second Happy Time]]". Amongst them were the {{SS|Empire Wildebeeste}} and the tanker {{SS|Rochester}}, the latter ship being dispatched with her 10.5&nbsp;cm deck gun. She had left Lorient on 3 January 1942 and returned on 22 February.

===6th patrol===
Patrol number six also benefitted from a change of operational area to the [[Gulf of Mexico]], where the boat sank five more ships and damaged a sixth. One of them, the tanker ''Faja de Oro'', on 21 May 1942, was the second ship to be sunk which helped to facilitate Mexico's declaration of war on Germany on 1 June.

===7th and 8th patrols===
''U-106'' was attacked by a [[Vickers Wellington]] of [[No. 311 Squadron RAF]] in the Bay of Biscay on 27 July 1942. The first watch officer (1WO) was killed; the commander was wounded, forcing the boat to put about, returning to Lorient on the 29th, just five days after setting out.

The submarine crossed the Atlantic once more, sinking ''Waterton'' in the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]] on 11 October 1942.

===9th patrol===
This foray was comparatively uneventful, starting on 17 February 1943 and finishing on 4 April. No ships were attacked.

===10th patrol===
The U-boat's 10th and final patrol began on 28 July 1943; she was sunk on 2 August of that year off northern Spain, after being damaged by a Wellington of [[No. 407 Squadron RCAF]].

===Fate===
[[File:Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. C3880.jpg|thumb|''U-106'' under attack]]
While trying to join a fleet of [[E-boat]]s (German surface torpedo boats), ''U-106'' was spotted by a [[Short Sunderland|Sunderland]] flying boat of [[No. 228 Squadron RAF|228 Squadron]] flown by Flying Officer Reader Hanbury. Although the anti-aircraft guns on ''U-106'' fended off the British flying boat that sighted it, ''U-106'' was hit by a Sunderland from [[No. 461 Squadron RAAF]] flown by Flight Lieutenant A. F. Clarke.{{sfn|Kemp|1999|p=138}}

According to the Allied crews and photographs taken of the attack, the U-boat partially exploded before sinking vertically.<ref>Bowyer 1977, p. 46.</ref> Of ''U-106''{{'}}s 48-man crew, 22 were killed. The 26 who survived the attack were later picked up by German E-boats.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

===Wolfpacks===
''U-106'' took part in three [[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]]s, namely:
* Raubritter (1 – 15 November 1941) 
* Westwall (1 – 16 December 1942) 
* Unverzagt (12 – 22 March 1943)

==Summary of raiding history==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Date  !!  Ship  !!  Nationality  !!  Tonnage<ref group=Note name=tonnage>Merchant ship tonnages are in [[gross register tons]]. Military vessels are listed by tons [[displacement (ship)|displacement]].</ref>!!  Convoy  !!  Fate<ref>{{cite web
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 |title=Ships hit by U-106
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net
 |access-date=3 October 2014
}}</ref>  !!  Location  !!  Deaths
|-
|align="right"|17 January 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in January 1941#17 January|''Zealandic'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|10,578
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|58|28|N|20|43|W}}
|align="right"|73
|-
|align="right"|29 January 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in January 1941#29 January|''Sesostris'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Egypt|1922}}
|align="right"|2,962
|align="left" |SC-19
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|56|00|N|15|23|W}}
|align="right"|Unknown
|-
|align="right"|11 March 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1941#11 March|''Memnon'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|7,506
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|20|41|N|21|00|W}}
|align="right"|5
|-
|align="right"|16 March 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1941#16 March|''Almkerk'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|align="right"|6,810
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|13|21|N|20|25|W}}
|align="right"|0
|-
|align="right"|17 March 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1941#17 March|''Andalusian'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|3,082
|align="left" |SL-68
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|14|33|N|21|06|W}}
|align="right"|0
|-
|align="right"|17 March 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1941#17 March|''Tapanoeli'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|align="right"|7,034
|align="left" |SL-68
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|15|56|N|20|49|W}}
|align="right"|0
|-
|align="right"|20 March 1941
|align="left" |{{HMS|Malaya}}
|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|align="right"|31,100
|align="left" |SL-68
|align="left" |Damaged
|align="left" |{{coord|20|02|N|25|50|W}}
|align="right"|Unknown
|-
|align="right"|20 March 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1941#20 March|''Meekerk'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|align="right"|7,995
|align="left" |SL-68
|align="left" |Damaged
|align="left" |{{coord|20|00|N|26|00|W}}
|align="right"|Unknown
|-
|align="right"|24 March 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1941#24 March|''Eastlea'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|4,267
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|16|18|N|22|05|W}}
|align="right"|37
|-
|align="right"|30 May 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in May 1941#30 May|''Silveryew'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|6,373
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|16|42|N|25|29|W}}
|align="right"|1
|-
|align="right"|31 May 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in May 1941#31 May|''Clan Macdougall'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|6,843
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|16|50|N|25|10|W}}
|align="right"|2
|-
|align="right"|6 June 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in June 1941#6 June|''Sacramento Valley'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|4,573
|align="left" |OB-324
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|17|10|N|30|10|W}}
|align="right"|3
|-
|align="right"|28 October 1941
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in October 1941#28 October|''King Malcolm'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,120
|align="left" |SC-50
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|51|28|N|28|30|W}}
|align="right"|38
|-
|align="right"|30 October 1941
|align="left" |{{USS|Salinas|AO-19|6}}
|align="left" |{{navy|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|8,246
|align="left" |ON-28
|align="left" |Damaged
|align="left" |{{coord|46|56|N|37|46|W}}
|align="right"|Unknown
|-
|align="right"|24 January 1942
|align="left" |[[USS West Ekonk (ID-3313)|''Empire Wildebeeste'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,631
|align="left" |ON-53
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|39|30|N|59|54|W}}
|align="right"|9
|-
|align="right"|26 January 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in January 1942#26 January|''Traveller'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|3,963
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|40|00|N|61|45|W}}
|align="right"|52
|-
|align="right"|30 January 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in January 1942#30 January|''Rochester'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|6,836
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|37|10|N|73|58|W}}
|align="right"|4
|-
|align="right"|3 February 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#3 February|''Amerikaland'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Sweden}}
|align="right"|15,355
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|36|36|N|74|10|W}}
|align="right"|5
|-
|align="right"|6 February 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#6 February|''Opawa'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|10,354
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|38|21|N|61|13|W}}
|align="right"|56
|-
|align="right"|5 May 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in May 1942#5 May|''Lady Drake'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Canada|1921}}
|align="right"|7,985
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|35|43|N|64|43|W}}
|align="right"|12
|-
|align="right"|21 May 1942
|align="left" |{{SS|Faja de Oro}}
|align="left" |{{flag|Mexico}}
|align="right"|6,067
|align="left" |
|align="left"|Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|23|30|N|84|24|W}}
|align="right"|10
|-
|align="right"|26 May 1942
|align="left" |[[SS Carrabulle|''Carrabulle'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|5,030
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|26|18|N|89|21|W}}
|align="right"|22
|-
|align="right"|27 May 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in May 1942#27 May|''Atenas'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|4,639
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Damaged
|align="left" |{{coord|25|50|N|89|05|W}}
|align="right"|0
|-
|align="right"|28 May 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in May 1942#28 May|''Mentor'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|7,383
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|24|11|N|87|02|W}}
|align="right"|4
|-
|align="right"|1 June 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#1 June|''Hampton Roads'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|2,689
|align="left" |
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|22|45|N|85|13|W}}
|align="right"|5
|-
|align="right"|11 October 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in October 1942#11 October|''Waterton'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|2,140
|align="left" |BS-31
|align="left" |Sunk
|align="left" |{{coord|47|07|N|59|54|W}}
|align="right"|0
|}

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=Note}}

===Citations===
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin}}
*Bishop, C. ''Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939–45''. Amber Books, 2006.
*Bowyer, Chaz. ''Coastal Command at War''. Ian Allan. 1979, {{ISBN|0-7110-0980-5}}
*{{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-55750-186-6 }}
*{{cite book
|last1=Busch
|first1=Rainer
|last2=Röll
|first2=Hans-Joachim
|title=Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
|trans-title=German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945
|series=Der U-Boot-Krieg
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|publisher=Mittler
|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn
|year=1999
|isbn=3-8132-0514-2
|language=de

}}
*Evans, J. ''The Sunderland: Flying Boat Queen'' Paterchurch Publications, 2004 {{ISBN|1-870745-13-2}}
*{{cite book
|last1=Gröner
|first1=Erich
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=0-85177-593-4
|ref=CITEREFGröner1991
}}
*{{cite book
|last=Kemp
|first=Paul
|title=U-Boats Destroyed – German Submarine Losses in the World Wars
|location=London
|year=1999
|publisher=Arms & Armour
|isbn=1-85409-515-3

}}

{{Refend}}

==External links==
*{{Cite web
 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u106.htm
 |title=The Type IXB boat U-106
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net
 |access-date=6 December 2014
}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0106.html
|title=''U 106''
|last=Hofmann
|first=Markus
|website=Deutsche U-Boote 1935–1945 – u-boot-archiv.de
|language=de
|access-date=30 January 2015
}}

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