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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-555Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 34 971
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number531
Ordered25th Sep 1939
Keel laid2nd Jan 1940
Launched7th Dec 1940
Commissioned30th Jan 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.41 - 11.4224.U-Flottille, Danzig;Trondheim & Memel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
12.42 - 03.4521.U-Flottille, Pillau
Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
30.01.41 - 25.08.41KL Hans-Joachim Horrer
see also: U-589 
26.08.41 - 04.02.42OL Götz von Hartmann
see also: U-563 U-441 
05.02.42 - 08.42KL Horst Rendtel
see also: U-641 
08.42 - 04.10.42LT ~ OL Franz Saar
see also: U-46 U-30 U-957 
05.10.42 - 30.11.43LT ~ OL Dieter Erdmann
see also: U-904 
01.12.43 - 03.45OL Detlef Fritz
see also: U-904 

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