U-2338
Type | XXIII | |||
| Ordered | 20 Sep, 1943 | |||
| Laid down | 10 Aug, 1944 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 492) | ||
| Launched | 18 Sep, 1944 | |||
| Commissioned | 9 Oct, 1944 | Oblt. Hans-Dietrich Kaiser | ||
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| Career | No patrols | 9 Oct, 1944 - 4 May, 1945 32. Flottille (training) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 4 May, 1945 east-north-east of Frederica, in position 55.34N, 09.49E, by British Beaufighter aircraft (Sqdn. 236 & 254). 12 dead and 1 survivor | |||
Raised in 1952 and broken up
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2338 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |