German submarine U-145 (1940)

Career (Nazi Germany)

Name:	U-145
Ordered:	25 September 1939
Builder:	Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Yard number:	274
Laid down:	29 March 1940
Launched:	21 September 1940
Commissioned:	16 October 1940
Fate:	Surrendered on 5 May 1945 Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight on 22 December 1945
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	IID
Type:	Coastal submarine
Displacement:	314 t (309 long tons) surfaced 364 t (358 long tons) submerged
Length:	43.97 m (144 ft 3 in)
Beam:	4.92 m (16 ft 2 in)
Draft:	3.93 m (12 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shafts 2 × MWM four-stroke diesel engines, 700 shp (520 kW) 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 410 shp (310 kW)
Speed:	12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph) surfaced 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) submerged
Range:	3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 56 nmi (104 km; 64 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	80 m (260 ft)
Complement:	3 officers, 22 men
Armament:	3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 5 × torpedoes 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun

Service record^[2]^[3]
Part of:	1st U-boat Flotilla (16 October–18 December 1940) 22nd U-boat Flotilla (19 December 1940–8 May 1945)
Commanders:	Obtlt.z.S. Heinrich Driver (16 October–18 December 1940) Rudolf Franzius (19 December 1940–21 October 1941) Oblt.z.S.Heinz Schomburg (22 October–25 November 1941) Oblt.z.S.Reimar Ziesmer (26 November 1941–14 December 1942) Oblt.z.S.Otto Hübschen (15 December 1942–12 March 1944) Oblt.z.S.Friederich-Karl Görner (27 November 1944–8 May 1945)
Operations:	1st patrol: 18 June–6 July 1941 2nd patrol: 14 July–29 July 1941 3rd patrol: 9 August–28 August 1941

German submarine U-145 was a Type IID U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 29 March 1940 at Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 274, launched on 21 September and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Heinrich Driver.^[2]

Her service was carried out, first with the 1st U-boat Flotilla then the 22nd flotilla; she stayed with the latter organization for most of her career.

Operational career

U-145 did not sink or damage any ships, but she conducted three war patrols–all in 1941.

References

↑ Gröner 1985, p. 67.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IID boat U-145". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-145". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

Bibliography

Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German) IV (Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler). ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-58839-8.
Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.

External links

Hofmann, Markus. "U 145". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IID boat U-145". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
U-145 at ubootwaffe.net

German Type II submarines

Type IIA	U-1 U-2 U-3 U-4 U-5 U-6

Type IIB	U-7 U-8 U-9 U-10 U-11 U-12 U-13 U-14 U-15 U-16 U-17 U-18 U-19 U-20 U-21 U-22 U-23 U-24 U-120 U-121

Type IIC	U-56 U-57 U-58 U-59 U-60 U-61 U-62 U-63

Type IID	U-137 U-138 U-139 U-140 U-141 U-142 U-143 U-144 U-145 U-146 U-147 U-148 U-149 U-150 U-151 U-152

List of U-boats of Germany

Coordinates: 55°47′N 9°56′W / 55.783°N 9.933°W / 55.783; -9.933