U-2322

Type

XXIII

 
Ordered20 Sep 1943
Laid down 22 Mar 1944 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 476)
Launched30 Apr 1944
Commissioned1 Jul 1944Oblt. Fridtjof Heckel
Commanders
1 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Fridtjof Heckel
Career2 patrols 1 Jul 1944 - 14 Aug 1944  4. Flottille (training)
15 Aug 1944 - 31 Jan 1945  32. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 1,317 GRT
Fate

Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway. Taken to Loch Ryan on 31 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 27 November, 1945 in position 56.10N, 10.05W, by gunfire from the destroyers HMS Onslow and ORP Blyskawica (Polish).

See the 1 ships hit by U-2322 - 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-2322 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.