German submarine U-957
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-957 |
| Ordered: | 10 April 1941 |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 157 |
| Laid down: | 11 March 1942 |
| Launched: | 21 November 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 7 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 October 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 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 & ratings |
| Armament: |
5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) Various AA guns |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (7 January–31 July 1943) 3rd U-boat Flotilla (1 August–31 December 1943) 11th U-boat Flotilla (1 January–30 September 1944) 13th U-boat Flotilla (1–21 October 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Franz Saar (7 January–20 March 1943) Oblt.z.S. Gerhard Schaar (1 April 1943–21 October 1944) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol: 14 December 1943–12 January 1944 2nd patrol: 24 January–2 February 1944 3rd patrol: 6–20 February 1944 4th patrol: 26 February–4 March 1944 5th patrol: 11 May–8 June 1944 6th patrol: 23 July–3 September 1944 7th patrol: 7 September–3 October 1944 |
| Victories: |
2 commercial vessels sunk (7,564 GRT) 2 military vessels sunk (604 GRT) |
German submarine U-957 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Laid down by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, on 11 March 1942, the U-boat was launched on 21 November 1942, and commissioned on 7 January 1943, by Leutnant Franz Saar.
Service History
Under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Gerhard Schaar U-957 carried out seven war patrols between December 1943 and October 1944, sinking two commercial vessels; the British Fort Bellingham and the Soviet survey vessel Nord; and two military vessels, the American submarine chaser USS PTC-38, and the Soviet corvette Brilliant.
Fate
Her combat career ended on 19 October 1944 at Lofoten, Norway, when she collided with a German steamer. On 21 October 1944 she was taken out of service in Trondheim.
On 29 May 1945 she was taken to England where she was broken up.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Ship[2] | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 1944 | Fort Bellingham |  United Kingdom |
7,153 | Sunk |
| 26 January 1944 | USS PTC-38 |  United States Navy |
54 | Sunk |
| 26 August 1944 | Nord |  Soviet Navy |
411 | Sunk |
| 23 September 1944 | Brilliant | Soviet Navy |
550 | Sunk |
References
- Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-957 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ↑ "Ships hit by U-957 - U-boat Successes - German U-boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- Bibliography
- Sharpe, Peter, U-Boat Fact File, Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
- U-boat.net webpage for U-957
See also
- List of German U-boats
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