U-978
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 24 Jul 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 178) | ||
| Launched | 1 Apr 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 12 May 1943 | Oblt. Günther Pulst (Knights Cross) | ||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 12 May 1943 - 31 Jul 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 Aug 1944 - 4 Sep 1944 3. Flottille (front boat) 5 Sep 1944 - 8 May 1945 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 ship a total loss for a total of 7,176 GRT | |||
| Fate | Transferred from Trondheim, Norway to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||
See the 1 ships hit by U-978 - View the 2 war patrols
General notes on this boat
9 Oct 1944. U-978 carried out the longest Schnorchel patrol of the war, 68 days from Bergen, Norway on 9 Oct, 1944 to Bergen again on 16 Dec, 1944.
This even surpassed the much more famous 66-day submerged run U-977 undertook while en route to Argentina to surrender there in August, 1945.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in October 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-978 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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