Unterseeboot 615
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | May 20, 1941 |
| Launched: | March 26, 1942 |
| Commissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sunk in the Caribbean Sea, August 7, 1943 4 dead and 43 survivors |
| Homeport: | |
| Stricken: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 769 tonnes surfaced 871 tonnes submerged 1070 tonnes total |
| Length: | 67.1 m total 50.5 m pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.2 m total 4.7 m pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric 3200 hp (2,400 kW) surfaced 750 hp (560 kW) submerged |
| Diving depth: | 220 m (722 ft) |
| Speed: | 17.7 knots (33 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (14 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 13,700 km (8200 miles) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 125 km (80 miles) at 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged |
| Complement: | 44-52 men |
| Armament: | 88 mm/45 deck gun with 220 rounds 4 bow and 1 aft torpedo tubes 14 torpedoes |
Commander: Ralph Kapitzky (KIA)
This U-Boat created the largest aircraft hunt for a single U-Boat.
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