List of all U-boats

U-345

Type

VIIC

Ordered

10 Apr 1941

Laid down

9 Jul 1942

Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 217)

Launched

11 Mar 1943

Commissioned

4 May 1943

Oblt. Ulrich Knackfuss

Commanders

4 May 1943

23 Dec 1943

Oblt. Ulrich Knackfuß

Career
No patrols

4 May 1943

23 Dec 1943

8. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Decommissioned on 23 December 1943 at Kiel, after being damaged in the Howaldtswerke shipyard by bombs during a US air raid (8th AF) on 13 December 1943.

Foundered while under tow on 2 February 1944 in the Baltic Sea north of Warnemünde, in position 54.20,5N, 12.04,5E. Wreck raised in April 1953 and broken up at Stralsund.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-345 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.