U-Boat Operations

U-539	Type IXC/40
Feldpost Number	M 50 416
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number	360
Ordered	5th Jun 1941
Keel laid	8th May 1942
Launched	4th Dec 1942
Commissioned	24th Feb 1943
Baubelehrung	8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
02.43 - 06.43	4.U-Flottille, Stettin Ausbildungsboot (under training)
07.43 - 09.44	2.U-Flottille, Lorient Frontboot (operational)
10.44 - 05.45	33.U-Flottille, Flensburg Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
24.02.43 - 08.05.45	OL ~ KL Hans Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden

Operations information for U-539
04.09.1943 - 07.09.1943 First Sailing U-539 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden on 4th Sep 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 7th Sep 1943 after three days.
14.09.1943 - 23.10.1943 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 14th Sep 1943, U-539 left Bergen under the command of Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden and after five and a half weeks arrived at Lorient on 23rd Oct 1943.
29.12.1943 - 30.12.1943 Third Sailing U-539 departed under Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden from Lorient on 29th Dec 1943 and arrived back at Lorient on 30th Dec 1943 after one day.
02.01.1944 - 21.03.1944 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-539 left Lorient under the command of Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden on 2nd Jan 1944 and after over eleven weeks arrived at St. Nazaire on 21st Mar 1944.
01.05.1944 - 22.09.1944 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 1st May 1944, U-539 left St. Nazaire under the command of Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden and arrived at Flensburg on 22nd Sep 1944 after twenty and a half weeks. Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden hit three ships on this patrol. On 5th Jun 1944 he sank the Panamanian 1,517 ton Pillory. On 11th Jun 1944 he damaged the Dutch 2,701 ton Casandra. On 4th Jul 1944 he damaged the American 10,195 ton Kittanning.
13.04.1945 - 20.04.1945 Sixth Sailing U-539 departed under Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden from Kiel on 13th Apr 1945 and after one week arrived at Horten on 20th Apr 1945.
26.04.1945 - 05.05.1945 Seventh Sailing U-539 left Horten under the command of Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden on 26th Apr 1945 and arrived at Bergen on 5th May 1945 after just over one week.

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