U-397

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 29 Aug 1942 Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 29)
Launched6 Oct 1943
Commissioned20 Nov 1943Oblt. Fritz Kallipke
Commanders
20 Nov 1943 - 16 Jul 1944  Oblt. Fritz Kallipke
17 Jul 1944 - 25 Apr 1945  Oblt. Friedrich Stege
26 Apr 1945 - 5 May 1945  Kptlt. Gerhard Groth
Career1 patrol 20 Nov 1943 - 31 May 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1944 - 30 Jun 1944  7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul 1944 - 19 Feb 1945  23. Flottille (school boat)
20 Feb 1945 - 5 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 in the Gelting Bay.

View the 1 war patrol

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-397 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.