List of all U-boats
U-957
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 11 Mar 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 157) | ||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 21 Nov 1942 | |||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 7 Jan 1943 | Ltnt. Franz Saar | ||||||||||||||||
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| Career 7 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 7,564 GRT 2 warships sunk, total tonnage 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. | |||||||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-957 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Eisenbart (24 Dec 1943 - 5 Jan 1944)
Isegrim (5 Jan 1944 - 11 Jan 1944)
Werwolf (27 Jan 1944 - 1 Feb 1944)
Werwolf (7 Feb 1944 - 19 Feb 1944)
Trutz (11 May 1944 - 7 Jun 1944)
Greif (3 Aug 1944 - 1 Sep 1944)
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 Emblems
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