German submarine U-889
Service
- as U-8895 August 1944 — 13 May 1945281 days of the war
- 14 May 1945 — December 1945111 days of the war
- Name
- U-889
- Builder
- DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 2 April 1942
- Laid down
- 13 September 1943
- Launched
- 4 April 1944
- Commissioned
- 5 August 1944
- Decommissioned
- December 1945
- Fate
- Transferred to the US Navy
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,237 long tons (1,257 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.86 m (22.5 ft)
- Draught
- 4.67 m (15.3 ft)
- Speed
- 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
- Range
- 13,850 nmi (25,650 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-889 was a Type IXC/40 submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen on 13 September 1943. Launched on 4 April 1944, she entered service on 5 August 1944.
142 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.
The boat displaced 1,126 long tons surfaced and 1,237 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.9 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 18.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She served with the Kriegsmarine as U-889 until 13 May 1945. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy from 14 May 1945. She was in commission for 392 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in December 1945.
She was transferred.
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 Flak M42 AA gun
- 2 x twin 2 cm C/30 AA guns
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1221
- German submarine U-1222
- German submarine U-1223
- German submarine U-1224
- German submarine U-1225
- German submarine U-1226
- German submarine U-1227
- German submarine U-1228
- German submarine U-1229
- German submarine U-1230
- German submarine U-1231
- German submarine U-1232
- German submarine U-1233
- German submarine U-1234
- German submarine U-1235
- German submarine U-125 (1940)
- German submarine U-126 (1940)
- German submarine U-127 (1941)
- German submarine U-128 (1941)
- German submarine U-129 (1941)
- German submarine U-130 (1941)
- German submarine U-131 (1941)
- German submarine U-153 (1941)
- German submarine U-154 (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-889 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Library and Archives Canada — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons