U-592

Type

VIIC

Ordered

16 Jan 1940

Laid down

30 Oct 1940

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 568)

Launched

20 Aug 1941

Commissioned

16 Oct 1941

Kptlt. Carl Borm

Commanders

16 Oct 1941	-	24 Jul 1943		Kptlt. Carl Borm
2 Sep 1943	-	31 Jan 1944		Oblt. Heinz Jaschke

Career
10 patrols

16 Oct 1941	-	1 Feb 1942	6. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1942	-	30 Jun 1942	6. Flottille (active service)
1 Jul 1942	-	28 Feb 1943	11. Flottille (active service)
1 Mar 1943	-	31 Jan 1944	6. Flottille (active service)

Successes

1 ship sunk, total tonnage 3,770 GRT

Fate

Sunk at 1000hrs on 31 January 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50.20N, 17.29W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling, HMS Wild Goose and HMS Magpie. 49 dead (all hands lost).

Loss position

See the 1 ships hit by U-592 - View the 10 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-592 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Wrangel (11 Mar 1942 - 18 Mar 1942)
   Naseweis (10 Apr 1942 - 10 Apr 1942)
   Bums (10 Apr 1942 - 14 Apr 1942)
   Blutrausch (15 Apr 1942 - 19 Apr 1942)
   Nebelkönig (27 Jul 1942 - 13 Aug 1942)
   Trägertod (19 Sep 1942 - 22 Sep 1942)
   Boreas (19 Nov 1942 - 9 Dec 1942)
   Seeteufel (21 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
   Löwenherz (1 Apr 1943 - 10 Apr 1943)
   Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
   Siegfried 2 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
   Jahn (31 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
   Tirpitz 4 (2 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943)
   Eisenhart 8 (9 Nov 1943 - 10 Nov 1943)
   Rügen (21 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944)
   Hinein (26 Jan 1944 - 29 Jan 1944)

Attacks on this boat and other events

29 Jan 1944
The boat was seriously damaged by a very determined attack from a B-24 Liberator (USN VB/100, H.H. Budd). The aircraft was also damaged, but the U-boat dived and escaped. After radioing in this encounter in, U-592 was hunted down by F. J. 'Johnny' Walker's famous Support Group 2 using Enigma intelligence, and sunk on January 31. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 488)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-592 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.