U-861

Type

IXD2

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down15 Jul 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1067)
Launched29 Apr 1943
Commissioned2 Sep 1943Kptlt. Jürgen Oesten (Knights Cross)
Commanders
2 Sep 1943 - 8 May 1945  KrvKpt. Jürgen Oesten (Knights Cross)
Career
2 patrols
2 Sep 1943-31 Mar 1944  4. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1944-30 Sep 1944  12. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944-6 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
Successes3 ships sunk for a total of 20,311 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 1,737 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 8,139 GRT
Fate

Taken out of service at Trondheim, Norway on 6 May, 1945. Transferred to Lisahally, Northern Ireland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 31 Dec, 1945 in position 55.25N, 07.15W.

See the 5 ships hit by U-861 - View the 2 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-861 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.
Tiger der Meere. Schulz, Joh.,
Two Years Behind the Mast. McCormick, Lt. Comm. Harold J., 1991.
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.