German submarine U-353

Type VIIC submarine

Displacement: 757 long tons (769 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-35331 March 1942 — 16 October 1942202 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-353
Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Ordered: 9 October 1939
Laid down: 30 March 1940
Launched: 11 November 1941
Commissioned: 31 March 1942
Fate: Sunk on 16 October 1942 (1942)
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-353 was a Type VIIC submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg on 30 March 1940. Launched on 11 November 1941, she entered service on 31 March 1942.

612 ships of the class were built. 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 202 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 16 October 1942, at 53°54′N 29°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
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
1 × 2 cm C/30 AA gun

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-353 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.