German submarine U-145 (1940)

History
Name	U-145
Ordered	25 September 1939
Builder	Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Yard number	274
Laid down	29 March 1940
Launched	21 September 1940
Commissioned	16 October 1940
Fate	list error: <br /> list (help); Surrendered on 5 May 1945; Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight on 22 December 1945
General characteristics
Type	Type IID submarine
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 314 tonnes (309 long tons) surfaced; 364 t (358 long tons) submerged
Length	list error: <br /> list (help); 43.97 m (144 ft 3 in) o/a; 29.8 m (97 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Beam	list error: <br /> list (help); 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in) o/a; 4 m (13 ft 1 in) pressure hull
Height	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draft	3.93 m (12 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × MWM RS127S 6-cylinder diesel engines, 700 hp (522 kW); 2 × SSW PGVV322/26 double-acting electric motors, 402 hp (300 kW)
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 12.7 knots (14.6 mph; 23.5 km/h) surfaced; 7.4 knots (8.5 mph; 13.7 km/h) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 9,000 km (4,900 nmi) at 8 kn (15 km/h) surfaced; 90 km (49 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth	150 m (490 ft)
Complement	22 to 24 men
Armament	3 × torpedo tubes (bow), five torpedoes
Service record
Part of:	list error: mixed text and list (help); 1st U-boat Flotilla (16 October–18 December 1940); 22nd U-boat Flotilla (19 December 1940–8 May 1945);
Commanders:	list error: mixed text and list (help); Obtlt. Heinrich Driver (16 October–18 December 1940); Rudolf Franzius (19 December 1940–21 October 1941); Oblt.Heinz Schomburg (22 October–25 November 1941); Oblt.Reimar Ziesmer (26 November 1941–14 December 1942); Oblt.Otto Hübschen (15 December 1942–12 March 1944); Oblt.Friederich-Karl Görner (27 November 1944–8 May 1945);
Operations:	list error: mixed text and list (help); 1st patrol: 18 June–6 July 1941; 2nd patrol: 14 July–29 July 1941; 3rd patrol: 9 August–28 August 1941;

German submarine U-145 was a Type IID U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 29 March 1940 at Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 274, launched on 21 September and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant Heinrich Driver.^[1]

Her service was carried out, first with the 1st U-boat Flotilla then the 22nd flotilla; she stayed with the latter organization for most of her career.

Operational career

U-145 did not sink or damage any ships, but she conducted three war patrols–all in 1941.

References

^ ^a ^b "The Type IID boat U-145 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-145 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

Bibliography

U-145 at uboat.net
U-145 at ubootwaffe.net
Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-58839-8.

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[uboatnet-1] "The Type IID boat U-145 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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v t e German Type II submarines
Type IIA	U-1 U-2 U-3 U-4 U-5 U-6
Type IIB	U-7 U-8 U-9 U-10 U-11 U-12 U-13 U-14 U-15 U-16 U-17 U-18 U-19 U-20 U-21 U-22 U-23 U-24 U-120 U-121
Type IIC	U-56 U-57 U-58 U-59 U-60 U-61 U-62 U-63
Type IID	U-137 U-138 U-139 U-140 U-141 U-142 U-143 U-144 U-145 U-146 U-147 U-148 U-149 U-150 U-151 U-152
Preceded by: Type I Followed by: Type VII List of U-boats of Germany

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