Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-505
Service
- as U-50526 August 1941 — 4 June 19441,013 days of the war
German submarine U-505
Particulars
- Name
- U-505
- Builder
- Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder
- Ordered
- 25 September 1939
- Laid down
- 12 June 1940
- Launched
- 24 May 1941
- Commissioned
- 26 August 1941
- Fate
- Captured by US Navy on 4 June 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,102 long tons (1,120 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,213 long tons (1,232 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.76 m (22.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
- Range
- 13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-505 was a submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder on 12 June 1940. She entered service on 26 August 1941, having been launched on 24 May 1941.
The boat displaced 1,102 long tons surfaced and 1,213 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,013 days of the Second World War.
She was captured on 4 June 1944.
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
- 4400 PS (diesels)
- 1000 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
- 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-505 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-49172 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons