German submarine U-555

History

Nazi Germany
Name	U-555
Ordered	25 September 1939
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	531
Laid down	2 January 1940
Launched	7 December 1940
Commissioned	30 January 1941
Decommissioned	March 1945
Fate	Surrendered on 3 May 1945, broken up in 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors.
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	2 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (bow) 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record
Part of:	24th U-boat Flotilla 30 January 1941 – 30 November 1942 21st U-boat Flotilla 1 December 1942 – March 1945
Identification codes:	M 34 971
Commanders:	Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Horrer 30 January – 25 August 1941 Kptlt.. Götz von Hartmann 26 August 1941 – 4 February 1942 Oblt.z.S. Horst Rendtel 5 February – August 1942 Lt.z.S. Franz Saar August – 4 October 1942 Oblt.z.S. Dieter Erdmann 5 October 1942 – 30 November 1943 Oblt.z.S. Detlev Fritz 1 December 1943 – March 1945
Operations:	None
Victories:	None

German submarine U-555 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 2 January 1940 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg as yard number 531, launched on 7 December 1940, and commissioned on 30 January 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Joachim Horrer.