U-677

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 13 Jun 1942 Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 826)
Launched6 Jul 1943
Commissioned20 Sep 1943Oblt. Paul Weber
Commanders
20 Sep 1943 - 16 Jul 1944  Oblt. Paul Weber
17 Jul 1944 - 5 Apr 1945  Oblt. Gerhard Ady
Career1 patrol 20 Sep 1943 - 31 May 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1944 - 1 Jul 1944  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul 1944 - 19 Feb 1945  23. Flottille (school boat)
20 Feb 1945 - 5 Apr 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Destroyed 5 April, 1945 at the Howaldtswerke yard in Hamburg, by British bombs

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Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-677 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.