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Type	IX
Ordered	29 Jul, 1936
Laid down	15 Apr, 1937	AG Weser, Bremen (werk 943)
Launched	9 Aug, 1938
Commissioned	24 Oct, 1938	Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe (Knights Cross/Oak Leaves)
Commanders	24 Oct, 1938 - 22 Jul, 1941   Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe (Knights Cross) 15 Jul, 1941 - 6 Jan, 1942   Heinrich Schuch 1943 - 1943   Oblt. Ludo Kregelin (in deputize) -- acting 5 Jan, 1943 - 22 Aug, 1943   Helmut Laubert 23 Aug, 1943 - 14 Dec, 1943   Oblt. Paul Sander 16 Dec, 1943 - Dec, 1943   Goske von Möllendorff Jan, 1944 - 14 Apr, 1944   Oblt. Herbert Kühn 15 Apr, 1944 - 5 May, 1945   KrvKpt. Georg Peters
Career	11 patrols	24 Oct, 1938 - 31 Aug, 1939  6. Flottille (front boat) 1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  6. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan, 1940 - 30 Nov, 1941  2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Dec, 1941 - 31 Mar, 1942  24. Flottille (training) 1 Apr, 1942 - 30 Nov, 1943  21. Flottille (school boat) 1 Dec, 1943 - 28 Feb, 1945  4. Flottille (trial boat)(eb) 1 Mar, 1945 - 5 May, 1945  5. Flottille (trial boat)(eb)
Successes	35 ships sunk for a total of 188.967 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 3.670 GRT
Fate	Scuttled 5 May, 1945 west of Wesermünde in position 53.34N, 08.32E, broken up in 1948.

See the 36 ships hit by U-38 - View the 11 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-38 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Prien (12 Jun, 1940 - 15 Jun, 1940)
   Without name (13 Aug, 1940 - 16 Aug, 1940)

Attacks on this boat

General notes on this boat

* Georg Peters sailed on the following U-boats during WWI: SM U 25, SM U 52 and SM U 96.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-38 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers

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 ... see more Naval books

There was another U-38 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 9 Sep, 1914 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 15 Dec, 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 38 during WWI.