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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-544Type IXC/40
Feldpost NumberM 37 886
Construction YardDeutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number365
Ordered5th Jun 1941
Keel laid8th Jul 1942
Launched17th Feb 1943
Commissioned5th May 1943
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
05.43 - 10.434.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.43 - 01.4410.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
05.05.43 - 16.01.44KL Willy Mattke
see also: U-61 

Operations information for U-544
09.11.1943 - 16.01.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-544 left Kiel under the command of Willy Mattke on 9th Nov 1943. The boat was declared missing after 16th Jan 1944.

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