U-957

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down 11 Mar 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 157)
Launched21 Nov 1942
Commissioned7 Jan 1943Ltnt. Franz Saar
Commanders
7 Jan 1943 - 20 Mar 1943  Oblt. Franz Saar
1 Apr 1943 - 21 Oct 1944  Oblt. Gerd Schaar (Knights Cross)
Career7 patrols 7 Jan 1943 - 31 Jul 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1943 - 31 Dec 1943  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1944 - 30 Sep 1944  11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944 - 21 Oct 1944  13. Flottille (front boat)
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 7,564 GRT
2 warships sunk for a total of 604 tons
Fate

On 19 Oct, 1944 at Lofoten/Norway she had a collision with a German steamer. On 21 Oct, 1944 she was taken out of service in Trondheim.

On 29 May, 1945 she was taken to England where she was broken up.

See the 4 ships hit by U-957 - View the 7 war patrols

Men lost from the boat

20 Mar 1943
The commander was lost during a diving accident in the Baltic Sea. [Oberleutnant zur See Franz Saar (see right)]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



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.