German submarine U-955

Type VIIC submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-95531 December 1942 — 7 June 1944527 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-955
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Ordered: 10 April 1941
Laid down: 23 February 1942
Launched: 14 November 1942
Commissioned: 31 December 1942
Fate: Sunk on 7 June 1944 (1944)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 757 long tons (769 t)
Displacement, submerged: 857 long tons (871 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught: 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

U-955 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 23 February 1942. Launched on 14 November 1942, she entered service on 31 December 1942.

She was one of 612 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 527 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 7 June 1944, at 45°13′N 8°30′W. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
Power: 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
750 PS (electric)
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
14 × torpedoes or
26 TMA mines
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
1 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-955 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: UK Government — This photograph A 16040 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons