Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-489
- 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-4898 March 1943 — 4 August 1943149 days of the war
Type XIV ocean-going submarine tanker
Particulars
- Name
- U-489
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 17 July 1941
- Laid down
- 28 January 1942
- Launched
- 24 December 1942
- Commissioned
- 8 March 1943
- Fate
- Sunk on 4 August 1943 (1943)
- 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-489 was a submarine of the Type XIV ocean-going submarine tanker of the Kriegsmarine. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 28 January 1942. Launched on 24 December 1942, she entered service on 8 March 1943.
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 149 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 August 1943, at 61°11′N 14°38′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-489 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.