U-181
Type | IXD2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 15 Mar 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1021) | ||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 30 Dec 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 9 May 1942 | Kptlt. Wolfgang Lüth (Knights Cross) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 27 ships sunk for a total of 138,779 GRT | |||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Taken over by Japan at Singapore in May 1945 and became the Japanese submarine I 501 on 15 July 1945. | |||||||||||||||||
The japanese I 501 Surrendered in Singapore in August 1945. The boat was scuttled there on 12 Feb, 1946.
Wolfpack operations
U-181 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Without name (27 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Men lost from the boat
11 Apr 1943
The new 37mm anti-aircraft cannon on U-181 exploded in action while on patrol in the South Atlantic killing one man and wounding two more. [Matrosengefreiter Wilhelm Williger]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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