Unterseeboot 155 (1917)

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U-155
Country	German Empire
Branch	Kaiserliche Marine
Shipyard	Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg
Ordered	October 27, 1915
Launched	March 28, 1916
Commissioned	February 19, 1917
Career
Patrols	3
Commanders	Karl Meusel Erich Eckelmann Ferdinand Studt
Successes
42 ships sunk for a total of 121.328 tons. 1 ship damaged for a total of 1.338 tons.
Fate
Surrendered November 24, 1918. Broken up at Morecambe in 1922.

Unterseeboot 155 (also known as U-155) was a German U-boat commissioned in 1917 for the Kaiserliche Marine.

Before its war duty, U-155 had been Deutschland, one of the only two merchant submarines ever built. Having done two highly successful trade missions to the United States, it was retired from its role in early 1917 after the US entered the war against Germany. The ship was then rebuilt for its new role and commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine on February 19, 1917.