Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-488
- Displacement
- 1,661 long tons (1,688 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft)
- Beam
- 9.35 m (30.7 ft)
- Speed
- 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h, 17.1 mph)
- Complement
- 53
- Main gun
- 37 mm (1.5 in)
Service
- as U-4881 February 1943 — 26 April 1944450 days of the war
Type XIV ocean-going submarine tanker
Particulars
- Name
- U-488
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 17 July 1941
- Laid down
- 3 January 1942
- Launched
- 17 October 1942
- Commissioned
- 1 February 1943
- Fate
- Sunk on 26 April 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,661 long tons (1,688 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,901 long tons (1,932 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.35 m (30.7 ft)
- Draught
- 6.51 m (21.4 ft)
- Speed
- 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h, 17.1 mph)
- Range
- 12,350 nmi (22,872 km)
- Complement
- 53
- Main gun
- 37 mm (1.5 in)
U-488 was a submarine of the Type XIV ocean-going submarine tanker built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Germaniawerft, Kiel on 3 January 1942. She entered service on 1 February 1943, having been launched on 17 October 1942.
Her class ran to ten ships.
The boat displaced 1,661 long tons surfaced and 1,901 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 14.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 53.
Her main battery was two 37 mm (1.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 450 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 26 April 1944, at 17°54′N 38°05′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 2 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 anti-aircraft guns
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 AA gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-488 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.