List of all U-boats
U-654
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Jun 1940 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 803) | ||||||||||
| Launched | 3 May 1941 | |||||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Jul 1941 | Korvkpt. Hans-Joachim Hesse | ||||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 17,755 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 900 tons | |||||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 22 August 1942 in the Caribbean Sea north of Colon, in position 12.00N, 79.56W, by depth charges from a US B-18 Bolo aircraft (45th Bomb Sqn USAAF). 44 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-654 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Ziethen (6 Jan 1942 - 22 Jan 1942)
Men lost from the boat
12 Jan 1942
During heavy weather in the North Atlantic a lookout on U-654 broke his arm.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 White Elephant |
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