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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-748Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 55 456
Construction YardF.Schichau GmbH, Danzig
Yard Number1558
Ordered25th Aug 1941
Keel laid20th Aug 1942
Launched13th May 1943
Commissioned31st Jul 1943
Baubelehrung7.KLA, Danzig
Training, Flotillas and Duties
09.43 - 04.4524.U-Flottille, Memel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
04.45 - 05.4531.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
09.43 - 09.44OL Götz Roth
see also: U-351 U-1232 U-368 
09.44 - 11.44OL Joachim Knecht
see also: U-46 
11.44 - 04.45OL Hans-Friedrich Puschmann
04.45 - 05.45OL Gottfried Dingler

Operations information for U-748
05.07.1944 - 07.07.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-748 left Reval under the command of Götz Roth on 5th Jul 1944 and arrived at Nuokko on 7th Jul 1944 after two days.
11.07.1944 - 12.07.1944
Second Sailing
On the 11th Jul 1944, U-748 left Nuokko under the command of Götz Roth and after one day arrived at Helsinki on 12th Jul 1944.

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