U-339

Type

VIIC

Ordered

17 Dec 1940

Laid down

7 Jul 1941

Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 211)

Launched

30 Jun 1942

Commissioned

25 Aug 1942

Oblt. Georg-Wilhelm Basse

Commanders

25 Aug 1942	-	17 May 1943		Kptlt. Georg-Wilhelm Basse
18 May 1943	-	23 Feb 1945		Oblt. Werner Remus

Career
1 patrol

25 Aug 1942	-	1 Mar 1943	8. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1943	-	1 Apr 1943	11. Flottille (active service)
1 Apr 1943	-	23 Feb 1945	22. Flottille (school boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Decommissioned on 23 February 1945 at Wilhelmshaven.

Scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, western entrance to Readerschleuse. Wreck broken up.

Final location

View the 1 war patrol

Attacks on this boat and other events

26 Mar 1943
The boat was seriously damaged by six depth charges from a British Catalina from the Faeroe Islands (190 Sqn RAF, pilot J. Fish), and was forced to return to Trondheim, Norway. U-339 was classed unfit for service and was then transported to Kiel, arriving 9 April. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 270)

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-339 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.