U-1406

Type

XVIIB

 
Ordered4 Jan 1943
Laid down30 Oct 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 256)
Launched2 Jan 1945
Commissioned8 Feb 1945Oblt. Werner Klug
Commanders
8 Feb 1945 - 7 May 1945  Oblt. Werner Klug
Career
No patrols
8 Feb 1945-15 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (training)
16 Feb 1945-5 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 at Cuxhaven. Later raised and transported to the USA on the deck of the US transport vessel Shoemaker on 15 Sep, 1945. She was used for trials by the US Navy and broken up in New York harbor sometime after 18 May, 1948.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1406 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.