U-145

Type

IID

 
Ordered25 Sep 1939
Laid down 29 Mar 1940 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 274)
Launched21 Sep 1940
Commissioned16 Oct 1940Oblt. Heinrich Driver
Commanders
16 Oct 1940 - 18 Dec 1940  Oblt. Heinrich Driver
19 Dec 1940 - 21 Oct 1941   Rudolf Franzius
22 Oct 1941 - 25 Nov 1941  Oblt. Heinz Schomburg
26 Nov 1941 - 14 Dec 1942  Oblt. Reimar Ziesmer
15 Dec 1942 - 12 Mar 1944  Oblt. Otto Hübschen
13 Mar 1944 - 26 Nov 1944  Oblt. Horst Hübsch
27 Nov 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Friedrich-Karl Görner
Career3 patrols 16 Oct 1940 - 18 Dec 1940  1. Flottille (training)
19 Dec 1940 - 8 May 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Transferred from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan 30 June, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 22 Dec, 1945 in position 55.47N, 09.56W.

View the 3 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-145 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.
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.