| abstract | - German submarine U-106 was a Type IXB U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. She was laid down on 26 November 1939 at AG Weser in Bremen as 'werk' 969, launched on 17 June 1940 and commissioned on 24 September. She was armed with six torpedo tubes and a 10.5 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 . She also damaged two ships totalling 12,634 GRT, one auxiliary warship of 8,246 GRT 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 Faja de Oro. (The other was the Potrero del Llano, sunk by U-564).
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