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| U-873 | Type IXD2 |
| Feldpost Number | M 50 271 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 1081 |
| Ordered | 25th Aug 1941 |
| Keel laid | 17th Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 11th Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 1st Mar 1944 |
| Baubelehrung | 6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 03.44 - 01.45 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 02.45 - 05.45 | 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 03.44 - 05.45 | KL Friedrich Steinhoff
see also: U-511 |
| Operations information for U-873 | 17.02.1945 - 22.02.1945
First Sailing
U-873 left Kiel under the command of Friedrich Steinhoff on 17th Feb 1945 and arrived at Horten on 22nd Feb 1945 after five days.
| 21.03.1945 - 22.03.1945
Second Sailing
On the 21st Mar 1945, U-873 left Horten under the command of Friedrich Steinhoff and after one day arrived at Kristiansand on 22nd Mar 1945.
| 30.03.1945 - 17.05.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-873 departed under Friedrich Steinhoff from Kristiansand on 30th Mar 1945 and arrived at Portsmouth, USA on 17th May 1945 after nearly seven weeks.
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| Notes for U-873 |
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 | | Bodo Mühlhaus | | Courtesy Bodo Mühlhaus | | Bodo Mühlhaus was a FunkGefreiter (radio operator) on U 873 |
 | | Bodo Mühlhaus in 2003 | | Courtesy Bodo Mühlhaus | | Bodo was put to work picking cotton in the US after his boat surrendered at Boston on 16th May 1945. After this he was sent to England where he remained in captivity for a further two years. He was not released until October 1948. |
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