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| U-397 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 53 543 |
| Construction Yard | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 29 |
| Ordered | 20th Jan 1941 |
| Keel laid | 29th Aug 1942 |
| Launched | 6th Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20th Nov 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 11.43 - 05.44 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 06.44 - 06.44 | 7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
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| 07.44 - 02.45 | 23.U-Flottille, Danzig
Schulboot (training boat)
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| 02.45 - 05.45 | 31.U-Flottille, Wesermünde
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| Commanders | | 20.11.43 - 16.07.44 | LT Fritz Kallipke
see also: U-2516 U-2529 |
| 17.07.44 - 25.04.45 | OL Friedrich Stege
see also: U-291 U-958 |
| 26.04.45 - 05.05.45 | KL Gerhard Groth
see also: U-143 U-958 |
| Operations information for U-397 | 31.05.1944 - 02.06.1944
First Sailing
U-397 left Kiel under the command of Fritz Kallipke on 31st May 1944 and arrived at Stavanger on 2nd Jun 1944 after two days.
| 08.06.1944 - 24.06.1944
Second Sailing
On the 8th Jun 1944, U-397 left Stavanger under the command of Fritz Kallipke and returned to Stavanger on 24th Jun 1944 after over two weeks.
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