UC-97 at Toronto, 1919 |
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| Career (German Empire) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-97 |
| Ordered: | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 331[1] |
| Launched: | 17 March 1918[1] |
| Commissioned: | 3 September 1918[1] |
| Fate: | surrendered, November 1918; sunk as target in Lake Michigan, June 1921[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC III submarine |
| Displacement: | 491 t (541 short tons), surfaced[2] 571 t (629 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 185 ft 5 in (56.52 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × MAN 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 600 bhp (450 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 770 shp (570 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h), surfaced[2] 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 9,850 nautical miles @ 7 knots, surfaced[3] (18,240 km @ 13 km/h) 40 nautical miles @ 4.5 knots, submerged[3] (74 km @ 8.3 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 75 m (246 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 32[3] |
| Armament: | 6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 14 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) KL/45 deck gun[3] |
| Notes: | 15-second diving time[2] |
SM UC-97 was a German Type UC III minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 17 March 1918. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 3 September 1918 as SM UC-97.[Note 1]
As with the rest of the completed UC III boats, UC-97 conducted no war patrols and sank no ships. She was surrendered on 22 November 1918 to the United States. She was exhibited to raise money for Victory Bonds in the United States and the Great Lakes and was sunk as a target by Wilmette on Lake Michigan 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the coast of Highland Park, Illinois on 7 June 1921.[1] The wreck of UC-97 was located in 1992 by A&T Recovery, but the wreck's location has not been released to the public.[4]
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