German submarine U-339
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-316 |
| Ordered: | 17 December 1940 |
| Builder: | Nordseewerke, Emden |
| Yard number: | 211 |
| Laid down: | 30 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 30 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 25 August 1942 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, May 1945 near Wilhelmshaven |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) Various AA guns |
| Service record[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (25 August 1942–1 March 1943) 11th U-boat Flotilla (1 March–1 April 1943) 22nd U-boat Flotilla (1 April–1 March 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Georg-Wilhelm Basse (25 August 1942–17 May 1943) Oblt.z.S. Werner Remus (18 May 1943–23 February 1945) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-339 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 7 July 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as 'werk' 211, launched on 30 June 1942 and commissioned on 25 August under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Basse.
The U-boat spent most of her career as a training vessel. She sank or damaged no ships.
She was scuttled in May 1945 at war's end near Wilhelmshaven.
Service history
The boat's service life began with training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 25 August 1942. She was then transferred to the 11th flotilla on 1 March 1943. She was reassigned to the 22nd flotilla on 1 April.[2]
Fate
The boat was seriously damaged by depth charges dropped from a British PBY Catalina of No. 190 Squadron RAF on 26 March 1943. As a result, she spent the rest of the war as a training vessel.[3]
She was scuttled near Wilhlemshaven on 3 May 1945.
References
- Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-339 - German U-boats of WW II - uboat.net". www.ubat.net. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u339/htm
- ↑ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0339html U-339 at u-boot-archiv.de
- Bibliography
See also
- List of German U-boats
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