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German submarine U-873
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German submarine U-873 was a German long-range Type IXD2 U-boat of World War II. Following the surrender of Germany, the United States Navy studied U-873 to improve United States submarine designs. U-873 is remembered for the controversial treatment of its crew as prisoners of war and the death of commanding officer Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Steinhoff in a Boston jail cell. Six months after Steinhoff's death, his brother was one of the Operation Paperclip rocket scientists from Peenemünde arriving in the United States to work at White Sands Missile Range.[3]
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![]() The U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Argo (WPC-100) and a tug escort the surrendered German Type IXD2 submarine U-873 to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire (USA) on 16 May 1945. | |
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Name | U-873 |
Ordered | 25 August 1941[1] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen[1] |
Yard number | 1081 |
Laid down | 17 February 1943[1] |
Launched | 11 November 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 1 March 1944[1] |
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Class and type | Type IXD2 submarine |
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Height | 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 5.35 m (17 ft 7 in) |
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Test depth | Calculated crush depth: 250 m (820 ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 dinghies |
Complement | 55 - 64 |
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Identification codes: | M 50 271 |
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Victories: | None |
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