German submarine U-881

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Career (Nazi Germany)

Name:	U-881
Ordered:	2 April 1942^[1]
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen^[1]
Yard number:	1089^[1]
Laid down:	7 August 1943^[1]
Launched:	4 March 1944^[1]
Commissioned:	27 May 1944^[1]
Fate:	sunk by USS Farquhar, 6 May 1945^[1]

Service record
Part of:	Kriegsmarine^[1] 4th U-boat Flotilla (training) (May 1944 – February 1945) 33rd U-boat Flotilla (Mar–May 1945)
Commanders:	Kptlt. Dr. Karl-Heinz Frischke (May 1944 – May 1945)^[1]
Operations:	1 patrols^[1]
Victories:	None^[1]
General characteristics
Class & type:	Type IXC/40 submarine
Displacement:	1,144 t (1,126 long tons), surfaced^[2] 1,257 t (1,237 long tons), submerged
Length:	237 ft 2.15 in (72.2922 m)^[2]
Beam:	22 ft 8.25 in (6.9152 m)^[2]
Draft:	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)^[1]
Speed:	18.3 knots (33.9 km/h), surfaced^[2] 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h), submerged
Endurance:	16,800 nautical miles @ 10 knots, surfaced (31,100 km @ 19 km/h)^[2] 63 nautical miles @ 4 knots, submerged (117 km @ 7.4 km/h)^[2]
Test depth:	330 feet (100 m)^[2]
Complement:	48 (standard)^[2]
Armament:	6 × 21 in (53.3 cm) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)^[1] 19 torpedoes, std. (22 max.)^[2] 1 × 4.1 in (10 cm) deck gun (180 rounds) 1 x 37 mm (1.5 in) flak gun (2,625 rounds) 2 x 2 cm (0.79 in) twin flak gun (8,500 rounds)
Notes:	35-second diving time^[2]

German submarine U-881 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the German Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered on 26 April 1942, laid down on 7 August 1943, and launched on 4 March 1944. She was commissioned into the Kriegsmarine under the command of Kplt. Dr. Karl-Heinz Frischke on 27 May 1944. Initially assigned to the 4th U-boat Flotilla, she was transferred to the 33rd U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1945.

For her first patrol, U-881 was assigned to operate in US coastal waters with wolf pack Seewolf.^[3] During this operation U-881 was depth charged and sunk by the American destroyer escort Farquhar on 6 May 1945 in one of the last actions in American waters of the Atlantic campaign. She sank at position 43°18′N 47°44′W / 43.300°N 47.733°W / 43.300; -47.733Coordinates: 43°18′N 47°44′W / 43.300°N 47.733°W / 43.300; -47.733 with the loss of all 54 men on board.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-881". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Tarrant, p. 176.
↑ Blair p 687

Bibliography

Tarrant, V. E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385.

Clay Blair : Hitler's U-Boat War [Volume 2]: The Hunted 1942-1945 (1998) ISBN 0-304-35261-6 (2000 UK paperback ed.)

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Preceded by: Type IXC Followed by: Type IXD

List of U-boats of Germany

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