WWI U-boats
UB 88
Type | UB III | |||||||
Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 104) | |||||||
Ordered | 23 Sep 1916 | |||||||
Launched | 11 Dec 1917 | |||||||
Commissioned | 26 Jan 1918 | |||||||
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Career | 5 patrols | |||||||
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Successes | 14 ships sunk with a total of 31,076 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 10,135 tons. (View ships hit by UB 88) | |||||||
Fate | 26 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to the USA. Used for exhibitions along the Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, coast of Panama and the West Coast. Used for tests and scuttled at San Pedro, California on 3 Jan, 1921 after being used as gunnery target by the destroyer USS Wilkes. |
The wreck of UB 88 was examined by divers in August 2003.