Non-Commissioned U-boats
U-1177
This boat was not commissioned into the Kriegsmarine
However she had been ordered and was, at least at one time, planned for commission.
U-boat | U-1177 |
Type | |
Cancelled | 22 Jul 1944 |
Suspended | 6 Nov 1943 |
Launched | |
Laid down | 7 Aug 1943 |
Ordered | 22 Sep 1942 |
Shipyard | Danziger Werft, Danzig |
Werk | 149 |
| Contract suspended 6 Nov 43
Completed until launching
Contract cancelled 22 Jul 44 and construction abandoned
Laid-up incomplete in Kaiser Basin, Danzig
Captured incomplete by Soviet forces on 30 Mar 45
Schichau Shipyard Hull No: G-149
Launched at Danzig in mid-1945
Towed to Libau (Latvia)
Inspected by TNC in Libau on 8 Oct 45 - still incomplete and hull pierced by shrapnel
Defined in TNC Report on 6 Dec 45 as an “unallocated submarine afloat”
Probably moved to Kronstadt in late 1945/early 1946
No evidence of completion or use
Final fate unknown, probably scrapped in 1947/48
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