WWI U-boats

UB 88

Type UB III
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 104)
Ordered 23 Sep 1916
Launched 11 Dec 1917
Commissioned 26 Jan 1918
Commanders
26 Jan 1918 - 15 Feb 1918 Oblt. Johannes Ries
16 Feb 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Reinhard von Rabenau (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career 5 patrols
12 Jun 1918 - 4 Oct 1918 Flandern I Flotilla
4 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
Successes14 ships sunk with a total of 31,076 tons.
2 ships damaged with a total of 10,135 tons. (View ships hit by UB 88)
Fate 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to the USA. Used for exhibitions along the Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, coast of Panama and the West Coast. Used for tests and scuttled at San Pedro, California on 3 Jan, 1921 after being used as gunnery target by the destroyer USS Wilkes.

The wreck of UB 88 was examined by divers in August 2003.


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