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| U-861 | Type IXD2 |
| Feldpost Number | M 54 873 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 1067 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 15th Jul 1942 |
| Launched | 29th Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 2nd Sep 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 09.43 - 03.44 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 04.44 - 09.44 | 12.U-Flottille, Bordeaux
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 05.45 | 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 08.43 - 05.45 | KL ~ KK Jürgen Oesten
see also: U-61 U-106 |
| Operations information for U-861 | 20.04.1944 - 23.09.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-861 left Kiel under the command of Jürgen Oesten on 20th Apr 1944 and arrived at return on 23rd Sep 1944 after over twentytwo weeks.
Jürgen Oesten hit five ships on this patrol, three of these ships were in convoy: two were from convoy DN-68 and one was from convoy JT-39.
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On 20th Jul 1944 he sank the Brazilian 1,737 ton Vital de Oliveira.
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On 24th Jul 1944 he sank the American 7,177 ton William Gaston, sailing with convoy JT-39.
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On 20th Aug 1944 he sank the British 7,464 ton Berwickshire, a member of convoy DN-68.
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On 20th Aug 1944 he damaged the British 8,139 ton Daronia, part of convoy DN-68.
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On 5th Sep 1944 he sank the Greek 5,670 ton Ioannis Fafalios.
| 01.11.1944 - 02.11.1944
Second Sailing
On the 1st Nov 1944, U-861 left Penang under the command of Jürgen Oesten and after one day arrived at return on 2nd Nov 1944.
| 03.11.1944 - 05.11.1944
Third Sailing
U-861 departed under Jürgen Oesten from Singapore on 3rd Nov 1944 and arrived at return on 5th Nov 1944 after two days.
| 15.01.1945 - 19.04.1945
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-861 left Soerabaja under the command of Jürgen Oesten on 15th Jan 1945 and after thirteen and a half weeks arrived at return on 19th Apr 1945.
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