| U-151 | Type IID |
| Feldpost Number | M 39 460 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 280 |
| Ordered | 25th Sep 1939 |
| Keel laid | 6th Jul 1940 |
| Launched | 14th Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 15th Jan 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel |
| Training, Flotillas and Duties |
| 01.41 - 09.41 | 24.U-Flottille, Danzig.Trondheim Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 09.41 - 03.45 | 21.U-Flottille, Pillau Schulboot (training boat)
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| 03.45 - 05.45 | 31.U-Flottille, Wilhelmshaven Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| Commanders |
| 01.41 - 07.41 | KL Johannes Oestermann see also: U-754 |
| 07.41 - 11.41 | OL Gustav-Adolf Janssen see also: U-37 U-103 U-3037 |
| 11.41 - 09.42 | OL Kurt Eichmann see also: U-98 |
| 09.42 - 05.43 | OL Paul Just see also: U-6 U-546 |
| 05.43 - 08.44 | LT Karl-Erich Utischill see also: U-151 U-2548 |
| 09.44 - 05.45 | LT Ferdinand Graf von Arco |