SM UB-88

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For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-88.

Career (German Empire)
UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-88.
Name:	UB-88
Ordered:	6/8 February 1917^[1]
Builder:	AG Vulcan, Hamburg^[2]
Cost:	3,654,000 German Papiermark^[2]
Yard number:	104^[2]
Launched:	11 December 1917^[3]
Commissioned:	26 January 1918^[3]
Fate:	surrendered 26 November 1918, sunk as target 1921^[3]
General characteristics
Class & type:	German Type UB III submarine
Type:	Coastal submarine
Displacement:	510 t (502 long tons; 562 short tons) surfaced 640 t (630 long tons; 705 short tons) submerged^[2]
Length:	55.52 m (182.2 ft) o/a^[2]
Beam:	5.76 m (18.9 ft)^[2]
Draught:	3.73 m (12.2 ft)^[2]
Propulsion:	2 shafts 6-cylinder MAN-Vulcan diesel engines,^[4] 1,100 ihp (820 kW) Siemens-Schuckert^[4] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)^[2]
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) submerged^[2]
Range:	7,120 nmi (13,190 km; 8,190 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged^[2]
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)^[4]
Complement:	3 officers, 31 men^[4]
Armament:	• 5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) with 10 torpedoes • 1 × 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun^[4]

Service record
Part of:	German Imperial Navy^[2]
Commanders:

SM UB-88 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 26 January 1918 as SM UB-88.^{[nb 1]}

UB-88 was surrendered to the United States of America on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. After an extensive tour along the U.S. coast, she was sunk as a target on 3 January 1921.^[3]

Construction

Main article: German Type UB III submarine

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg^[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 11 December 1917. UB-88 was commissioned early the next year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-88 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-88 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km).^[2] UB-88 had a displacement of 510 t (502 long tons; 562 short tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons; 705 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.^[2]

Notes

Footnotes

↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

Citations

↑ Rössler 1979, p. 61.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Gröner 1985, p. 52.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gröner 1985, p. 54.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Gröner 1985, p. 53.

References

Gröner, Erich (1985). "U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher". Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 III (Koblenz: Bernhard&Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal. Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
Rössler, Eberhard (1979). "U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945". Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften I (Munich: Bernhard&Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.

v t e German Type UB III submarines

SM UB-48 SM UB-49 SM UB-50 SM UB-51 SM UB-52 SM UB-53 SM UB-54 SM UB-55 SM UB-56 SM UB-57 SM UB-58 SM UB-59 SM UB-60 SM UB-61 SM UB-62 SM UB-63 SM UB-64 SM UB-65 SM UB-66 SM UB-67 SM UB-68 SM UB-69 SM UB-70 SM UB-71 SM UB-72 SM UB-73 SM UB-74 SM UB-75 SM UB-76 SM UB-77 SM UB-78 SM UB-79 SM UB-80 SM UB-81 SM UB-82 SM UB-83 SM UB-84 SM UB-85 SM UB-86 SM UB-87 SM UB-88 SM UB-89 SM UB-90 SM UB-91 SM UB-92 SM UB-93 SM UB-94 SM UB-95 SM UB-96 SM UB-97 SM UB-98 SM UB-99 SM UB-100 SM UB-101 SM UB-102 SM UB-103 SM UB-104 SM UB-105 SM UB-106 SM UB-107 SM UB-108 SM UB-109 SM UB-110 SM UB-111 SM UB-112 SM UB-113 SM UB-114 SM UB-115 SM UB-116 SM UB-117 SM UB-118 SM UB-119 SM UB-120 SM UB-121 SM UB-122 SM UB-123 SM UB-124 SM UB-125 SM UB-126 SM UB-127 SM UB-128 SM UB-129 SM UB-130 SM UB-131 SM UB-132 SM UB-133 SM UB-136 SM UB-142 SM UB-143 SM UB-144 SM UB-145 SM UB-148 SM UB-149 SM UB-150 SM UB-154 SM UB-155

Preceded by: Type UB II Followed by: Type VII (World War II)

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