U-Boat Operations

U-399	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 46 386
Construction Yard	Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel
Yard Number	31
Ordered	25th Aug 1941
Keel laid	12th Nov 1942
Launched	4th Dec 1943
Commissioned	22nd Jan 1944
Baubelehrung	1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.44 - 01.45	5.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.45 - 03.45	11.U-Flottille, Bergen Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
22.01.44 - 02.07.44	LT ~ OL Kurt van Meeteren see also: U-3021
03.07.44 - 26.03.45	OL Heinz Buhse

Operations information for U-399
25.01.1945 - 28.01.1945 First Sailing U-399 left Kiel under the command of Heinz Buhse on 25th Jan 1945 and arrived at Horten on 28th Jan 1945 after three days.
06.02.1945 - 26.03.1945 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 6th Feb 1945, U-399 left Horten under the command of Heinz Buhse. U-399 was lost on 26th Mar 1945. Heinz Buhse hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy BTC-103 and one was from convoy BTC-108. On 21st Mar 1945 he fatally damaged the American 7,176 ton James Eagan Layne, sailing with convoy BTC-103. On 26th Mar 1945 he sank the Dutch 362 ton Pacific, a member of convoy BTC-108.

Notes for U-399

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JAMES EAGAN LAYNE

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