U-554

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Sep 1939
Laid down 1 Dec 1939 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 530)
Launched7 Nov 1940
Commissioned15 Jan 1941Kptlt. Dietrich Lohmann
Commanders
15 Jan 1941 - 25 Jun 1941  Kptlt. Dietrich Lohmann
26 Jun 1941 - Mar, 1942   Heinz Stein
Mar, 1942 - Sep, 1942  Oblt. Claus von Trotha
14 Nov 1942 - 2 Jul 1944  Kptlt. Karl-Hartwig Sieboid
Jul, 1944 - 18 Nov 1944  Oblt. Gottfried Stolzenburg
19 Nov 1944 - 22 Mar 1945  Kptlt. Ernst-Wolfgang Rave
Mar, 1945 - 2 May 1945  Oblt. Werner Remus
CareerNo patrols15 Jan 1941 - 30 Jun 1944  24. Flottille (training)
1 Jul 1944 - 1 Feb 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Feb 1945 - 2 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 2 May 1945 near Wilhelmshaven, in position 53.51N, 08.10E.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-554 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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.