List of all U-boats

U-2339

Type

XXIII

 
Ordered20 Sep 1943
Laid down15 Aug 1944 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 493)
Launched22 Sep 1944
Commissioned16 Nov 1944Oblt. Germanus Woermann
Commanders
16 Nov 1944 - 5 May 1945  Oblt. Germanus Woermann
Career
No patrols
16 Nov 1944-1 Dec 1944  32. Flottille (training)
1 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (training)
16 Feb 1945-5 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Gelting Bay. Wreck broken up.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2339 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.