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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-550Type IXC/40
Feldpost NumberM 53 473
Construction YardDeutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number371
Ordered5th Jun 1941
Keel laid2nd Oct 1942
Launched12th May 1943
Commissioned28th Jul 1943
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.43 - 01.444.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.44 - 04.4410.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
28.07.43 - 16.04.44KL Klaus Hänert

Operations information for U-550
06.02.1944 - 16.04.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-550 left Kiel under the command of Klaus Hänert on 6th Feb 1944. The boat was declared missing after 16th Apr 1944.
Klaus Hänert hit one ship on this patrol from convoy CU-21.
  • On 16th Apr 1944 he sank the American 11,017 ton Pan Pennsylvania, sailing with convoy CU-21.

Notes for U-550


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