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| U-164 | Type IXC |
| Feldpost Number | M 41 384 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (Seebeckwerft), Wesermünde-Geestemünde |
| Yard Number | 703 |
| Ordered | 25th Sep 1939 |
| Keel laid | 20th Jun 1940 |
| Launched | 1st May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 28th Nov 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 11.41 - 07.42 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 07.42 - 01.43 | 10.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 11.41 - 01.43 | KK Otto Fechner |
| Operations information for U-164 | 18.07.1942 - 07.10.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-164 left Kiel under the command of Otto Fechner on 18th Jul 1942 and arrived at Lorient on 7th Oct 1942 after eleven and a half weeks.
Otto Fechner hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy GAT-2 and one was from convoy WAT-15.
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On 25th Aug 1942 he sank the Dutch 3,780 ton Stad Amsterdam, sailing with convoy WAT-15.
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On 6th Sep 1942 he sank the Canadian 1,745 ton John A Holloway, a member of convoy GAT-2.
| 29.11.1942 - 06.01.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 29th Nov 1942, U-164 left Lorient under the command of Otto Fechner. U-164 was lost on 6th Jan 1943.
On 6th Jan 1943 in square FB 56, U-164 came under attack from an aircraft of USN VP-83 Squadron. U-164 was destroyed in the attack.
Otto Fechner hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 1st Jan 1943 he sank the Swedish 2,608 ton Brageland.
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