U-976
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 9 Jul 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 176) | ||||||||
| Launched | 25 Mar 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 May 1943 | Oblt. Raimund Tiesler | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 25 Mar 1944 in the Bay of Biscay near St. Nazaire, in position 46.48N, 02.43W, by gunfire from two British Mosquito aircraft (Sqdn. 248/L/I). 4 dead and 49 survivors. | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-976 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Coronel 1 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
Amrum (18 Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1943)
Rügen 4 (23 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943)
Rügen 6 (28 Dec 1943 - 2 Jan 1944)
Rügen 5 (2 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-976 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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