Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-2513

Type XXI submarine

German submarine U-2513
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-705562 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The former German submarine USS U-2513 off Naval Station Key West, Florida (USA), 30 October 1946.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-251312 October 1944 — 9 May 1945209 days of the war
  2. United States Navy as U-2513August 1945 — July 194932 days of the war
Type XXI submarine Particulars
Name
U-2513
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Ordered
6 November 1943
Laid down
19 July 1944
Launched
14 September 1944
Commissioned
12 October 1944
Fate
Sunk as target on 7 October 1951 (1951)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,595 long tons (1,621 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,790 long tons (1,819 t)
Length
76.7 m (251.6 ft) OA
Beam
8 m (26.2 ft)
Draught
6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Speed
17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
Range
15,500 nmi (28,706 km)
Complement
57
Main gun
37 mm (1.5 in)

U-2513 was a Type XXI submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany laid her keel on 19 July 1944. Launched on 14 September 1944, she entered service on 12 October 1944.

Her class ran to 118 ships. The class followed the Type VII and was succeeded by the Type XXVI.

The boat displaced 1,595 long tons surfaced and 1,790 long tons submerged. She measured 76.7 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 57.

Her main battery was four 37 mm (1.5 in) guns.

She served with the Kriegsmarine as U-2513 until 9 May 1945. She then passed to the United States Navy, serving as U-2513 from August 1945. She was in commission for 241 days of the Second World War.

She was expended as a target on 7 October 1951. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Diesel/Electric
  • 2 × MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines
  • 2 × SSW GU365/30 double-acting electric motors
  • 2 × SSW GV232/28 silent running electric motors
Power
  • 4000 PS (diesel drive)
  • 5000 PS (standard electric drive)
  • 226 PS (silent electric drive)
Armament
  • 6 × bow torpedo tubes
  • 23 × 53.3 cm torpedoes (or 17 × torpedoes and 12 × TMC mines)
  • 4 × 2 cm AA guns or
  • 4 × 3.7 cm AA guns

Sister ships

93 more in the class

Sources