German submarine U-176

Type IXC submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-17615 December 1941 — 15 May 1943516 days of the war

Type IXC submarine Particulars

Name: U-176
Builder: DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered: 23 December 1939
Laid down: 6 February 1941
Launched: 12 September 1941
Commissioned: 15 December 1941
Fate: Sunk, 15 May 1943 (1943)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 1,102 long tons (1,120 t)
Displacement, submerged: 1,213 long tons (1,232 t)
Length: 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
Beam: 6.76 m (22.2 ft)
Draught: 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Speed: 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
Range: 13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
Complement: 48
Main gun: 105 mm (4.1 in)

U-176 was a Type IXC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen laid her keel on 6 February 1941. She entered service on 15 December 1941, having been launched on 12 September 1941.

She was one of 142 ships of her class. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,102 long tons surfaced and 1,213 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 516 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 15 May 1943, at 23°21′N 80°18′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: 4400 PS (diesels)
1000 PS (electric)
Armament: 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns

Sister ships

117 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-176 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Jeremy Atherton — Self-photographed — CC BY-SA 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons