Unterseeboot 549
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U-549 Type IXC/40
Construction Yard Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Ordered 5th Jun 1941 Keel laid 28th Sep 1942 Launched 28th Apr 1943 Commissioned 14th Jul 1943
On 29th May 1944 she damaged the American 1,300 ton USS Barr. On 29th May 1944 she sank the American 9,393 ton USS Block Island.
Commanded by Detlev Krankenhagen
