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Type	IIB
Ordered	20 Jul, 1934
Laid down	8 Apr, 1935	Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 543)
Launched	30 Jul, 1935
Commissioned	21 Aug, 1935	Kptlt. Hans-Günther Looff
Commanders	21 Aug, 1935 - 1936/37   KrvKpt. Hans-Günther Looff 30 Sep, 1935 - 1 Oct, 1937   Werner von Schmidt 1 Oct, 1937 - 18 Sep, 1939   Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes 19 Sep, 1939 - 29 Dec, 1939   Max-Martin Schulte 30 Dec, 1939 - 10 Jun, 1940   Oblt. Wolfgang Lüth (Knights Cross) 11 Jun, 1940 - 20 Oct, 1940   Wolfgang Kaufmann 21 Oct, 1940 - 8 Jun, 1941   Kptlt. Joachim Deecke 2 Jul, 1941 - 30 Apr, 1942   Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert 28 Oct, 1942 - 15 Sep, 1943   Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert 16 Sep, 1943 - 20 Aug, 1944   Oblt. Heinrich Klapdor 5 Apr, 1944 - 6 Apr, 1944   Oblt. Martin Landt-Hayen (boat in transit) 7 Apr, 1944 - Jun, 1944   Kptlt. Klaus Petersen
Career	19 patrols	1 Sep, 1935 - 1 Aug, 1939  1. Flottille (front boat) 1 Oct, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  1. Flottille (school boat) 1 Jan, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940  1. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jul, 1940 - 31 Oct, 1940  24. Flottille (training) 1 Nov, 1940 - 1 May, 1942  21. Flottille (school boat) 1 Oct, 1942 - 20 Aug, 1944  30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes	7 ships sunk for a total of 16.669 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 552 tons 1 warship damaged for a total of 412 tons
Fate	Sunk at 1030hrs on the 20 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea in position 44.12N, 28.41E, by bombs from Soviet aircraft.

See the 9 ships hit by U-9 - View the 19 war patrols

In 1945 the Soviets raised the boat and brought it in the Russian harbour Nikolaev. She became in 1945 the USSR TS-16, but due to extensive damages she was broken up sometime after 12 Dec, 1946.

Attacks on this boat

General notes on this boat

On 20 April, 1940 the boat fired torpedoes at the Polish destroyer ORP Blyskawica but missed.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-9 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers

Books dealing with this subject include: Battle Beneath the Waves, Stern, Robert C., 1999 German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Okrety plyna po ladzie, Piwowoñski, Jan, 1959 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 ... see more Naval books

There was another U-9 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Feb, 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Apr, 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 9 during WWI.