U 3044

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U 3044
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Type : XXI
Field Post Number : 55 611
Shipyard: Deschimag AG Weser , Bremen
Construction contract: November 6, 1943
Build number: 1193
Keel laying: December 21, 1944
Launch: March 1, 1945
Commissioning: March 27, 1945
Commanders:
  • March 27 - April 26, 1945
    Lieutenant Captain Bernhard Jaek
  • April 26 - May 5, 1945
    Kptlt. Detlef von Lehsten
Calls: no patrols
Sinkings:

no

Whereabouts: sunk on May 5, 1945 in the Geltinger Bay itself.
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U 3044 was in World War II employed submarine of type XXI of the Navy . It was provided on 27 March 1945 in service and to the scuttling used as a training boat.

history

U 3044 served as a training boat for the 4th U-Flotilla in Stettin . Neither successes nor losses can be reported.

crew

The last commander, Kapitänleutnant von Lehsten, previously commanded U 373 and U 3508 . The crew of U 3044 were in addition to the commanders u. a. Reimar Aurin, Gerhard Bode, Johannes Glaser, Hildebert Tornow, Willy Woelke and Heinz Pasewald.

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