Patrol info for U-978
Date lookup for 9 Oct 1944
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 9 Oct 1944 | Bergen | 16 Dec 1944 | Bergen | 69 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Günther Pulst |
U-978's position on 9 Oct 1944
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General Events during this patrol
1944
9 Oct 1944. U-978 began the longest Schnorchel patrol of the war, 68 days from Bergen, Norway on 9 Oct. 1944, returning there on 16 Dec. This surpassed the more famous 66-day submerged run U-977 undertook while en route to Argentina to surrender there in August 1945.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.