| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-3508 |
| Ordered: | 6 November 1943 |
| Builder: | Schichau-Werke, Danzig |
| Yard number: | 1653 |
| Laid down: | 25 July 1944 |
| Launched: | 22 September 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 2 November 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 4 March 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type XXI submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,621 t (1,595 long tons) surfaced 2,100 t (2,067 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.7 m (251 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel/Electric 2 × MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines, 4,000 PS (2.9 MW) 2 × SSW GU365/30 double-acting electric motors, 5,000 PS (3.7 MW) 2 × SSW GV232/28 silent running electric motors, 226 PS (0.166 MW) |
| Speed: | Surfaced: 15.6 kn (28.9 km/h) (diesel) 17.9 kn (33.2 km/h) (electric) Submerged: 17.2 kn (31.9 km/h) (electric) 6.1 kn (11.3 km/h) (silent running motors) |
| Range: | 15,500 nmi (28,700 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 340 nmi (630 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h) submerged |
| Complement: | 57 officers and men |
| Armament: | • 6 × bow torpedo tubes • 23 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes (or 17 × torpedoes and 12 × mines) • 4 × 20 mm cannon |
| Service record[1] | |
| Part of: | 8th U-boat Flotilla (2 November 1944–15 February 1945) 5th U-boat Flotilla (16 February 1945–4 March 1945) |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Detlef von Lehsten (2 November 1944–4 March 1945) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-3508 was a Type XXI U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Elektroboote submarine was laid down on 25 July 1944 at the Schichau-Werke yard at Danzig, launched on 22 September 1944, and commissioned on 2 November 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Detlef von Lehsten.[1]
He commanded the U-boat during her entire career, being promoted to Kapitänleutnant during this time. She did not carry out any patrols during her career, spending her entire time in training after having been allocated to the 8th U-boat Flotilla until 15 February 1945, and then to the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 16 February until 4 March. She was sunk on 4 March 1945 in an Allied bombing raid on Wilhelmshaven.[1]
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