| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-489 |
| Ordered: | 17 July 1941 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 558 |
| Laid down: | 28 January 1942 |
| Launched: | 24 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 8 March 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 4 August 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type XIV submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,668 long tons (1,695 t) surfaced 1,932 long tons (1,963 t) submerged |
| Length: | 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) overall 47.5 m (155 ft 10 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) overall 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Germaniawerft F46 supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines, 3,200 hp (2,400 kW) 2 × SSW Gu343/388-8 double-acting electric motors 750 hp (560 kW) |
| Speed: | 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h) surfaced 6.2 knots (11.5 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 12,350 nmi (22,870 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Complement: | 53–60 men |
| Armament: | • 2 × 37 mm AA guns • 2 × 20 mm AA guns |
| Service record[1][2] | |
| Part of: | 4th U-boat Flotilla (8 March 1943–31 July 1943) 12th U-boat Flotilla (1 August 1943–4 August 1943) |
| Commanders: | Oblt. Adalbert Schmandt (8 March–4 August 1943) |
| Operations: | 1st patrol: 22 July–4 August 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-489 was a Type XIV supply and replenishment U-boat ("Milchkuh") of the of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Her keel was laid down on 28 January 1942, by Germaniawerft of Kiel. She was commissioned on 8 March 1943, with Leutnant zur See Adalbert Schmandt in command. Schmandt remained in command throughout the boat's short career.[1]
U-489 was lost on her first patrol. Although as a supply boat, she avoided combat, on 4 August 1943, she was attacked by a Canadian Short Sunderland and a PBY Catalina aircraft southeast of Iceland. One crewman was killed in the attack. The Catalina was damaged, the Sunderland was shot down, and U-489 was sunk. 53 of her crew survived.[1]
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