Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-180

Type IXD submarine

German submarine U-180
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Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-18016 May 1942 — 23 August 1944830 days of the war
Type IXD submarine Particulars
Name
U-180
Builder
DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered
28 May 1940
Laid down
25 February 1941
Launched
10 December 1941
Commissioned
16 May 1942
Fate
Missing since 23 August 1944 in the Bay of Biscay off Bordeaux (1944)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,585 long tons (1,610 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,771 long tons (1,799 t)
Length
87.58 m (287.3 ft) OA
Beam
7.5 m (24.6 ft)
Draught
5.35 m (17.6 ft)
Speed
20.8 knots (38.5 km/h, 23.9 mph)
Range
12,750 nmi (23,613 km)
Complement
55
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-180 was a Type IXD submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen on 25 February 1941. She entered service on 16 May 1942, having been launched on 10 December 1941.

33 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,585 long tons surfaced and 1,771 long tons submerged. She measured 87.6 m (287 ft) long with a beam of 7.5 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 20.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 55.

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

She was in commission for 830 days of the Second World War.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 9000 PS (diesels)
  • 1000 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern)
  • 24 × 53.3 cm torpedoes (until 1943)
  • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (150 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
  • 2 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

8 more in the class

Sources