List of all U-boats

U-958

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down10 Mar 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 158)
Launched21 Nov 1942
Commissioned14 Jan 1943Oblt. Gerhard Groth
Commanders
14 Jan 1943 - 25 Apr 1945  Kptlt. Gerhard Groth
26 Apr 1945 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Friedrich Stege
Career
3 patrols
14 Jan 1943-31 Jul 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944-15 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (front boat)
16 Feb 1945-3 May 1945  5. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk, total tonnage 40 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 40 GRT
Fate

In Aug 1944 she was taken out of service in Kiel.

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945. Broken up in 1947.

See the 2 ships hit by U-958 - View the 3 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

26 May 1944
2 Mosquito aircraft (RAF 333/N/E) attacked the boat killing 1 and wounding 2 men. [Maschinenobergefreiter Herbert Frank]

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

26 May 1944
2 Mosquito aircraft (RAF 333/N/E) attacked the boat killing 1 and wounding 2 men. [Maschinenobergefreiter Herbert Frank]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



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.