U 3501

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U 3501 was a German type XXI submarine. The keel was laid on March 19, 1944 at the Schichau shipyard in Danzig . It was put into service with the 8th Flotilla (Danzig) on ​​July 29, 1944 under Lieutenant Captain Helmut-Walter Münster. It was later used as a training boat until it was used as an electricity supplier after a bomb hit. On May 5, 1945 U 3501 was sunknear Wesermünde itself.

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Individual evidence

  1. Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 158.
  2. Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1996, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 , p. 292.