List of all U-boats
U-544
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 8 Jul 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 365) | ||||||||
| Launched | 17 Feb 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 May 1943 | Kptlt. Willy Mattke | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 16 Jan, 1944 in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 40.30N, 37.20W, by depth charges and rockets from Avenger aircraft (VC-13) of the US escort carrier USS Guadalcanal. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-544 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Coronel (4 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943)
Coronel 1 (8 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943)
Coronel 2 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
Föhr (18 Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1943)
Rügen 6 (26 Dec 1943 - 31 Dec 1943)
General notes on this boat
You can read about the attack on the U-544 on our USS Guadalcanal pages, chapter 3.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-544 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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