WWI U-boats

UB 88

 

Type

UB III

Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg  (Werk 104)
Ordered 23 Sep 1916 Laid down  
Launched 11 Dec 1917 Commissioned 26 Jan 1918 
Commanders
26 Jan 1918 - 15 Feb 1918   Johannes Ries
16 Feb 1918 - 11 Nov 1918   Reinhard von Rabenau
Career 5 patrols
12 Jun 1918 - 4 Oct 1918 Flandern I Flotilla
4 Oct 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
Successes14 ships sunk for a total of 33,607 tons.
2 ships damaged for a total of 10,135 tons. 
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.

See the 16 ships hit by UB 88


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