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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-708Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 28 568
Construction YardH C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Yard Number772
Ordered6th Aug 1940
Keel laid31st Mar 1941
Launched24th Mar 1942
Commissioned24th Jul 1942
BaubelehrungKriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.42 - 10.438.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
10.43 - 02.447.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
02.44 - 04.445.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
04.44 - 05.4521.U-Flottille, Pillau
Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
07.42 - 06.43OL Werner Heintze
06.43 - 02.44OL Klaus Andersen
see also: U-481 
03.44 - 04.44OL Ewald Pick
see also: U-481 U-1025 
05.44 - 05.45OL Herbert Kühn
see also: U-38 

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