U-3509
Type | XXI | |||||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov, 1943 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 29 Jul, 1944 | F. Schichau, Danzig (werk 1654) | ||||||||
| Launched | 27 Sep, 1944 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 29 Jan, 1945 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Voswinkel | ||||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 29 Jan, 1945 - 3 May, 1945 5. Flottille (training) | ||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Damaged by bombs in September 1944 in an air raid on the building slips. Repaired and completed. Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 in the western Weser estuary. | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-3509 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |