List of all U-boats

U-345

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down9 Jul 1942 Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 217)
Launched11 Mar 1943
Commissioned4 May 1943Oblt. Ulrich Knackfuss
Commanders
4 May 1943 - 23 Dec 1943  Oblt. Ulrich Knackfuß
Career
No patrols
4 May 1943-23 Dec 1943  8. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Damaged by US bombs on 13 Dec 1943, stricken at Kiel on 23 Dec, 1943. Later brought to Warnemünde.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-345 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.