SM U-61 was a German Type U 57 U-boat commissioned and deployed to operate off the coast of the British Isles and attack coastal shipping as part of the U-boat Campaign during World War I. In a 15-month career spanning nine war patrols, the U-61 plagued allied shipping in the Atlantic Ocean during the German war on Allied trade (Handelskrieg). She sank 33 Allied ships, totalling . She also damaged seven ships of and the destroyer USS Cassin before fleeing the fight. She was sunk on 26 March 1918 by the submarine chaser PC-51 in the Atlantic with all 36 hands.
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