Unterseeboot 155 (1917)
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 U-155 after being refitted for war duty. |
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| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-155 |
| Ordered: | October 27, 1915 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg |
| Launched: | March 28, 1916 |
| Commissioned: | February 19, 1917 |
| Fate: | Surrendered November 24, 1918. Broken up at Morecambe in 1922. |
| Class and type: | U 151 |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kaiserliche Marine: |
| Commanders | Karl Meusel Erich Eckelmann Ferdinand Studt |
| Operations | 3 |
| Victories | 42 ships sunk for a total of 121.328 tons. 1 ship damaged for a total of 1.338 tons. |
Unterseeboot 155 (also known as U-155) was a German Type U 151 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, where it served as a submarine cruiser, a type of submarine with added artillery to fight when surfaced.
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