German submarine U-579
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-579 |
| Ordered: | 8 January 1940 |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 555 |
| Laid down: | 31 August 1940 |
| Launched: | 28 May 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 17 July 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk in the Kattegat by a British aircraft, 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 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: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (17 July–22 October 1941) 24th U-boat Flotilla (27 May–31 August 1943) 23rd U-boat Flotilla (1 September 1943–28 February 1945) 4th U-boat Flotilla (1 March–5 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Dietrich Lohmann (17 July–22 October 1941) Oblt.z.S. Günther Ruppett (27 May 1942–October 1942) Oblt.z.S.Gerhard Linder (October 1942–September 1944) Oblt.z.S. Hans-Dietrich Schwarzenberg (September 1944–5 May 1945) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-579 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out no patrols and sank no ships.
She was sunk in the Kattegat by a British aircraft, in May 1945.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 31 August 1940 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as 'werk' 555, launched on 28 May 1941 and commissioned on 17 July under the command of Kapitänleutnant Dietrich Lohmann.
She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 17 July 1941, the 24th flotilla from 27 May 1942, the 23rd flotilla from 1 September 1943 and the 4th flotilla from 1 March 1945, all for training.
Operational career
The boat had been sunk in the Baltic Sea in October 1941. She was raised and returned to service in April 1942.
Fate
U-579 was sunk in the Kattegat east of Aarhus in Denmark on 5 May 1945 by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator of No. 547 Squadron RAF.
Twenty-four men died with U-579; the number of survivors is not known.
References
Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-579 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
External links
- Uboat.net: U-579
- U-579 at Ubootwaffe
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