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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-353Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 44 455
Construction YardFlensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard Number472
Ordered9th Oct 1939
Keel laid30th Mar 1940
Launched11th Nov 1941
Commissioned31st Mar 1942
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.42 - 09.425.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.42 - 10.421.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
03.42 - 10.42OL Wolfgang Römer
see also: U-56 

Operations information for U-353
22.09.1942 - 16.10.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-353 left Kiel under the command of Wolfgang Römer on 22nd Sep 1942. The boat was lost on 16th Oct 1942.

Notes for U-353

The Admiralty Report on interrogation of the survivors of U-353 is available. You can find how to obtain a report here.

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