List of all U-boats

U-748

Type

VIIC

Ordered

25 Aug 1941

Laid down

20 Aug 1942

F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1558)

Launched

13 May 1943

Commissioned

31 Jul 1943

Cdr. Mario Arillo (Italian)

Commanders

6 Oct 1943	-	17 Sep 1944	Oblt. Götz Roth
18 Sep 1944	-	29 Nov 1944	Oblt. Joachim Knecht
30 Nov 1944	-	20 Apr 1945	Oblt. Hans-Friedrich Puschmann
21 Apr 1945	-	3 May 1945	Oblt. Gottfried Dingler

Career
1 patrol

1 Sep 1943	-	1 Apr 1945	24. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1945	-	3 May 1945	31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 in Rendsburg.

Final location

View the 1 war patrol

Renamed S 5 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-748 after the Italian capitulation.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-748 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.