German submarine U-554
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-554 |
| Ordered: | 25 September 1939 |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 530 |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1939 |
| Launched: | 7 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 15 January 1941 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 2 May 1945 |
| 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 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (two 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: |
24th U-boat Flotilla (15 January 1941–30 June 1944) 22nd U-boat Flotilla (1 July 1944–1 February 1945) 31st U-boat Flotilla (1 February 1945–2 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Dietrich Lohmann (15 January–25 June 1941) Oblt.z.S.. Heinz Stein (26 June 1941–March 1942) Oblt.z.S.. Claus von Trotha (March–September 1942) Kptlt. Karl-Hartwig Sieboid (14 November 1942–2 July 1944) Oblt.z.S.. Gottfried Stolzenburg (July–18 November 1944) Kptlt. Ernst-Wolfgang Rave (19 November 1944–22 March 1945) Oblt.z.S.. Werner Remus (March–2 May 1945) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-554 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 1 December 1939 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg as 'werk' 530, launched on 7 November 1940, and commissioned on 15 January 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Dietrich Lohmann.[1]
Service history
Assigned to the 24th U-boat Flotilla, the U-boat served throughout the war under a number of commanders, but always as a training vessel, seeing no combat service. She was transferred to the 22nd U-boat Flotilla on 1 July 1944, and then to the 31st U-boat Flotilla on 1 February 1945.[1]
The submarine was scuttled on 2 May 1945 near Wilhelmshaven, in position 53°51′N 08°10′E / 53.850°N 8.167°ECoordinates: 53°51′N 08°10′E / 53.850°N 8.167°E, only a few days before the German surrender.[1]
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Type VIIC boat U-554 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- Bibliography
See also
- List of German U-boats
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||