U-157

Type

IXC

 
Ordered25 Sep 1939
Laid down 21 Oct 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 999)
Launched5 Jun 1941
Commissioned15 Sep 1941Korvkpt. Wolf Henne
Commanders
15 Sep 1941 - 13 Jun 1942  KrvKpt. Wolf Henne
Career2 patrols 15 Sep 1941 - 31 May 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1942 - 13 Jun 1942  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 6,401 GRT
Fate

Sunk at 1600hrs on 13 June, 1942 north-east of Havana, Cuba, in position 24.13N, 82.03W, by depth charges from the US Coast Guard cutter USS Thetis. 52 dead (all hands lost).

See the 1 ships hit by U-157 - View the 2 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-157 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.


There was another U-157 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 23 May 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 22 Sep 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 157 during WWI.