U 3008

U 3008; ( previous / next - all submarines )
Type :	Type XXI
Field Post Number :	M 46 364
Shipyard:	AG Weser , Bremen
Construction contract:	November 6, 1943
Keel laying:	July 2, 1944
Launch:	September 14, 1944
Commissioning:	October 19, 1944
Commanders:	October 19, 1944 to April 1, 1945 ; Kptlt. Fokko Schlömer; April 1, 1945 to May 8, 1945 ; Kptlt. Helmut Manseck;
Calls:	no patrols
Sinkings:	no
Whereabouts:	Handed over to the Allies on May 8, 1945, then served in the US Navy

U 3008 was a German submarine from the Type XXI , which in World War II by the German Navy and then by the US Navy was used.

history

Second World War

U 3008 was laid on Kiel on July 2, 1944 at AG Weser in Bremen and commissioned on October 19, 1944 with Lieutenant Fokko Schlömer as commander . In March 1945, Lieutenant Captain Helmut Manseck took command of Schlömer and held it until the surrender on May 8, 1945.

U 3008 left Wilhelmshaven for a patrol trip on May 3, 1945, but returned a few days later after the surrender and surrendered in the port of Kiel.

Allied spoils of war

On June 21, it was brought by the Allies from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan , Scotland , and later transferred to the USA . There it arrived in New London , Connecticut on August 22nd and was formally renamed USS U-3008 .

On September 13, the boat was brought to Portsmouth , New Hampshire , where it underwent a major overhaul from the following day. The work was often interrupted because it was not clearly clear whether the boat could be used in the US Navy with the permission of the Allied forces. In the spring of 1946, however, the processing shipyard was instructed to continue with the work as quickly as possible in order to be able to take the boat into service as soon as possible. By mid-summer, the overhaul of USS U-3008 was completed and it entered service on July 24, 1946 under the command of Everett H. Steinmetz.

USS U-3008 were initially assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 2 and operated along the New England coast . That voyage lasted until March 31, 1947, when it set out for Key West , Florida to join the Operational Development Force (ODF) . On the way there, the boat stopped near Norfolk , Virginia to operate with Task Force 67 for three weeks . On April 19th, we continued south and reached Key West on April 23rd. There it was assigned to SubRon 4 and began its tasks within the framework of the ODF . These tasks included the development of anti-submarine and anti-submarine tactics and lasted until October of that year. It then returned to New London and later Portsmouth.

In the period from December 3, 1947 to April 3, 1948, an overhaul of the boat with battery replacement and installation of new hydraulic lines was planned. Previously, as a result of a faulty weld, a leak developed in the starboard side of the lower aft battery room , which had just been repaired in Charleston. As a result, an impracticable two-month technical inspection of the pressure hull was deemed necessary to ensure safe operation. Therefore the operations with USS U-3008 were canceled. In February 1948 it was ordered back to Florida, where it arrived on March 5 and again joined the ODF . It was decommissioned from Portsmouth Naval Base on June 18, but remained a test boat for the Navy for several years. From November 1950, the boat was reserved for weapon tests and used accordingly from June 29, 1950 to June 1954.

Whereabouts

The boat was sunk in 1954 as part of some demolition tests.

The wreck was lifted and offered for sale in a Navy dry dock . It was sold to Loudes Iron & Metal Company on September 15, 1955 and handed over to the buyer on January 17, 1956. This then wrecked it.