U-Boat Operations

U-577	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 44 228
Construction Yard	Blohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number	553
Ordered	8th Jan 1940
Keel laid	1st Aug 1940
Launched	15th May 1941
Commissioned	3rd Jul 1941
Baubelehrung	Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen / Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.41 - 12.41	7.U-Flottille, Kiel & St.Nazaire Ausbildungsboot (under training) Frontboot (operational)
12.41 - 01.42	29.U-Flottille, La Spezia Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
03.07.41 - 09.01.42	KL Herbert Schauenburg see also: U-20

Operations information for U-577
20.10.1941 - 26.11.1941 First Sailing - active patrol U-577 left Kiel under the command of Herbert Schauenburg on 20th Oct 1941 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 26th Nov 1941 after over five weeks.
16.12.1941 - 27.12.1941 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 16th Dec 1941, U-577 left St. Nazaire under the command of Herbert Schauenburg and after one and a half weeks arrived at Messina on 27th Dec 1941.
07.01.1942 - 15.01.1942 Third Sailing - active patrol U-577 departed under Herbert Schauenburg from Messina on 7th Jan 1942. On the 15th Jan 1942, U-577 was sunk.

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