German submarine U-371
Summary of raiding history
Table:
Date

Name

Nationality

Tonnage[Note 1]

Fate

12 June 1941

Silverpalm

United Kingdom

6,373

Sunk

24 June 1941

Vigrid

Norway

4,765

Sunk

30 July 1943

Shahristan

United Kingdom

6,935

Sunk

30 July 1943

Sitoebondo

Netherlands

7,049

Sunk

7 January 1943

HMT Jura

Royal Navy

545

Sunk

7 January 1943

Ville de Strasbourg

United Kingdom

7,159

Damaged

23 February 1943

Fintra

United Kingdom

2,089

Sunk

28 February 1943

Daniel Carroll

United States

7,176

Damaged

27 April 1943

Merope

Netherlands

1,162

Sunk

10 July 1943

Gulfprince

United States

6,561

Damaged

10 July 1943

Matthew Maury

United States

7,176

Damaged

7 August 1943

Contractor

United Kingdom

6,004

Sunk

11 October 1943

HMS Hythe

Royal Navy

656

Sunk

13 October 1943

USS Bristol

United States Navy

1,630

Sunk

15 October 1943

James Russell Lowel

United States

7,176

Total loss

17 March 1944

Dempo

Netherlands

17,024

Sunk

17 March 1944

Maiden Creek

United States

6,165

Total loss

3 May 1944

USS Menges

United States Navy

1,200

Damaged

4 May 1944

FFL Sénégalais

Free French Naval Forces

1,300

Damaged

Looking at the table called section "Summary of raiding history" within German submarine U-371, write a short sentence answering the following question: How destructive was U-371 on 17 March 1944? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: On the 17th, German submarine U-371 sank the 17,024 ton Dutch Dempo, and badly damaged the 6,165 ton American Maiden Creek.