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| U-154 | Type IXC |
| Feldpost Number | M 45 897 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 996 |
| Ordered | 25th Sep 1939 |
| Keel laid | 21st Sep 1940 |
| Launched | 21st Apr 1941 |
| Commissioned | 2nd Aug 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 08.41 - 02.42 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 02.42 - 07.44 | 2.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 08.41 - 09.42 | KK Walther Kölle |
| 10.42 - 02.43 | KK Heinrich Schuch
see also: U-37 U-38 U-105 |
| 02.43 - 01.44 | OL Oskar-Heinz Kusch |
| 01.44 - 07.44 | OL Gerth Gemeiner
see also: U-146 U-137 |
| Operations information for U-154 | 07.02.1942 - 01.03.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-154 left Kiel under the command of Walther Kölle on 7th Feb 1942 and arrived at Lorient on 1st Mar 1942 after just over three weeks.
| 11.03.1942 - 09.05.1942
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 11th Mar 1942, U-154 left Lorient under the command of Walther Kölle and returned to Lorient on 9th May 1942 after eight and a half weeks on patrol.
Walther Kölle hit five ships on this patrol.-
On 4th Apr 1942 he sank the American 5,034 ton Comol Rico.
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On 5th Apr 1942 he sank the American 5,030 ton Catahoula.
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On 12th Apr 1942 he sank the American 5,032 ton Delvalle.
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On 13th Apr 1942 he sank the British 8,032 ton Empire Amethyst.
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On 20th Apr 1942 he sank the British 5,587 ton Vineland.
| 04.06.1942 - 23.08.1942
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-154 departed under Walther Kölle from Lorient on 4th Jun 1942 and arrived back at Lorient on 23rd Aug 1942 after eleven and a half weeks on patrol.
Walther Kölle hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 6th Jul 1942 he sank the Panamanian 65 ton Lalita.
| 12.10.1942 - 07.01.1943
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-154 left Lorient under the command of Heinrich Schuch on 12th Oct 1942 and returned twelve and a half weeks later to Lorient on 7th Jan 1943.
Heinrich Schuch hit three ships on this patrol.-
On 8th Nov 1942 he sank the British 7,291 ton DŽEntrecasteaux.
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On 9th Nov 1942 he sank the British 5,419 ton Nurmahal.
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On 18th Nov 1942 he sank the British 5,226 ton Tower Grange.
| 20.03.1943 - 06.07.1943
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 20th Mar 1943, U-154 left Lorient under the command of Oskar-Heinz Kusch and arrived back at Lorient fifteen and a half weeks later on 6th Jul 1943.
On 23rd Mar 1943 in square BF 48, U-154 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 10 OTU Squadron. U-154 was not damaged by the attack.
On 18th Apr 1943 U-154 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. U-154 was not damaged by the attack.
Oskar-Heinz Kusch hit three ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy, all of them from convoy BT-14.-
On 28th May 1943 he damaged the American 7,191 ton Cardinal Gibbons, sailing with convoy BT-14.
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On 28th May 1943 he fatally damaged the American 8,166 ton John Worthington, a member of convoy BT-14.
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On 28th May 1943 he damaged the American 8,580 ton Florida, part of convoy BT-14.
| 23.09.1943 - 24.09.1943
Sixth Sailing
U-154 departed under Oskar-Heinz Kusch from Lorient on 23rd Sep 1943 and after one day arrived at Brest on 24th Sep 1943.
| 02.10.1943 - 20.12.1943
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-154 left Brest under the command of Oskar-Heinz Kusch on 2nd Oct 1943 and arrived at Lorient on 20th Dec 1943 after over eleven weeks.
| 31.01.1944 - 28.04.1944
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 31st Jan 1944, U-154 left Lorient under the command of Gerth Gemeiner and returned twelve and a half weeks later to Lorient on 28th Apr 1944.
| 20.06.1944 - 03.07.1944
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-154 departed under Gerth Gemeiner from Lorient on 20th Jun 1944. U-154 was lost on 3rd Jul 1944.
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