U-3006

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down12 Jun 1944 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1165)
Launched25 Aug 1944
Commissioned5 Oct 1944Kptlt. Klaus Popp
Commanders
5 Oct 1944 - 5 Oct 1944  Kptlt. Klaus Popp -- Commissioning
6 Oct 1944 - 3 Dec 1944  Oblt. Hans-Ferdinand Geisler
4 Dec 1944 - 15 Jan 1945  Oblt. Gerhard Linder
16 Jan 1945 - 1 May 1945  Oblt. Ernst Fischer
Career
No patrols
5 Oct 1944-1 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled at 0700hrs on 1 May, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven. 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-3006 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


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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.