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U-Boat Operations
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Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-239Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 50 794
Construction YardF.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number669
Ordered20th Jan 1941
Keel laid14th May 1942
Launched28th Jan 1943
Commissioned13th Mar 1943
Baubelehrung1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.43 - 07.445.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
05.08.44Decommissioned
Commanders
03.43 - 07.44OL Ulrich Vöge
see also: U-2536 

Notes for U-239
The RAF bombed Kiel on 24.7.44 and U-239 was seriously damaged at the Deutsche Werke yard, killing one crewman. As a result the boat was descommissioned and then scrapped.

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