German submarine U-3524
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-3524 |
| Ordered: | 6 November 1943 |
| Builder: | Schichau-Werke, Danzig |
| Yard number: | 1669 |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1944 |
| Launched: | 14 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Scuttled on 5 May 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type XXI submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,621 t (1,595 long tons) surfaced 2,100 t (2,067 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.7 m (251 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel/Electric 2 × MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines, 4,000 PS (2.9 MW) 2 × SSW GU365/30 double-acting electric motors, 5,000 PS (3.7 MW) 2 × SSW GV232/28 silent running electric motors, 226 PS (0.166 MW) |
| Speed: | Surfaced: 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) (diesel) 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph) (electric) Submerged: 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph) (electric) 6.1 knots (11.3 km/h; 7.0 mph) (silent running motors) |
| Range: | 15,500 nautical miles (28,700 km; 17,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 340 nautical miles (630 km; 390 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 57 officers and men |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Type F432 D2 Radar Transmitter FuMB Ant 3 Bali Radar Detector |
| Armament: |
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| Service record[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (Training) 26 January - 5 May 1945 |
| Commanders: |
K.Kapt. Hans Witt[2] 26 January - 5 May 1945 |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-3524 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Elektroboote submarine was laid down on 8 October 1944 at the Schichau-Werke yard at Danzig, launched on 14 December 1944, and commissioned on 26 January 1945 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Ludwig Witt.[1]
U-3524 was a brand new, high technology electric boat which could run constantly submerged rather than having to surface to recharge her batteries every day the way submarines until that point had had to do. Unfortunately for the Germans, these advanced vessels were only introduced to the Kriegsmarine late in 1944, much too late to influence the Battle of the Atlantic, and too late for many of them to serve in an offensive capacity at all.
With the end of the war near, training on U-boats had dropped to a minimum due to lack of fuel, falling morale and the effectiveness of allied attacks on U-boat construction and preparation. The exception to this were the new Type XXI boats, which continued to train in the Baltic Sea.
Fate
U-3524 was scuttled by her crew on 5 May 1945 in Gelting Bay.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Type XXI boat U-3524". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans Witt (Knight’s Cross)". German U-boats of World War II - Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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.
- 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.
- Sharpe, Peter (1998). U-Boat Fact File. Great Britain: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type XXI boat U-3524". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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