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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-956Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 49 622
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number156
Ordered10th Apr 1941
Keel laid20th Feb 1942
Launched14th Nov 1942
Commissioned6th Jan 1943
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.43 - 06.435.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
07.43 - 12.431.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
01.44 - 09.4411.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
10.44 - 05.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
01.43 - 05.45OL Hans-Dieter Mohs
see also: U-5 U-60 

Operations information for U-956
03.08.1943 - 06.08.1943
First Sailing
U-956 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 3rd Aug 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 6th Aug 1943 after three days.
14.08.1943 - 17.08.1943
Second Sailing
On the 14th Aug 1943, U-956 left Bergen under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and after three days arrived at Narvik on 17th Aug 1943.
18.08.1943 - 13.09.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Narvik on 18th Aug 1943 and arrived back at Narvik on 13th Sep 1943 after more than three weeks on patrol.
23.09.1943 - 04.11.1943
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 23rd Sep 1943 and returned six weeks later to Narvik on 4th Nov 1943.
05.11.1943 - 08.11.1943
Fifth Sailing
On the 5th Nov 1943, U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and arrived at Bergen on 8th Nov 1943 after three days.
28.12.1943 - 07.01.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Bergen on 28th Dec 1943 and after one and a half weeks arrived at Narvik on 7th Jan 1944.
08.01.1944 - 18.01.1944
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 8th Jan 1944 and arrived at Skjomenfjord on 18th Jan 1944 after one and a half weeks.
25.01.1944 - 02.02.1944
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 25th Jan 1944, U-956 left Skjomenfjord under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and after just over one week arrived at Hammerfest on 2nd Feb 1944.
15.02.1944 - 02.03.1944
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Hammerfest on 15th Feb 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 2nd Mar 1944 after over two weeks.
23.03.1944 - 08.04.1944
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 23rd Mar 1944 and returned to Narvik on 8th Apr 1944 after over two weeks on patrol.
09.04.1944 - 12.04.1944
Eleventh Sailing
On the 9th Apr 1944, U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and arrived at Bergen on 12th Apr 1944 after three days.
03.06.1944 - 08.06.1944
Twelfth Sailing
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Bergen on 3rd Jun 1944 and after five days arrived at Narvik on 8th Jun 1944.
09.06.1944 - 10.06.1944
Thirteenth Sailing
U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 9th Jun 1944 and arrived at Hammerfest on 10th Jun 1944 after one day.
23.06.1944 - 23.06.1944
Fourteenth Sailing
On the 23rd Jun 1944, U-956 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and returned that day.
26.06.1944 - 24.07.1944
Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Hammerfest on 26th Jun 1944 and arrived at Harstad on 24th Jul 1944 after four weeks.
24.07.1944 - 24.07.1944
Sixteenth Sailing
U-956 left Harstad under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 24th Jul 1944 and arrived at Narvik on the same day.
27.08.1944 - 28.08.1944
Seventeenth Sailing
On the 27th Aug 1944, U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and arrived at Tromsö on 28th Aug 1944 after one day.
28.08.1944 - 28.08.1944
Eighteenth Sailing
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Tromsö on 28th Aug 1944 and arrived at Hammerfest on the same day.
29.08.1944 - 05.09.1944
Nineteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-956 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 29th Aug 1944 and arrived back at Hammerfest on 5th Sep 1944 after one week on patrol.
06.09.1944 - 08.09.1944
Twentieth Sailing
On the 6th Sep 1944, U-956 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and after two days arrived at Skjomenfjord on 8th Sep 1944.
14.09.1944 - 03.10.1944
Twentyfirst Sailing - active patrol
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Skjomenfjord on 14th Sep 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 3rd Oct 1944 after more than two weeks.
15.10.1944 - 24.11.1944
Twentysecond Sailing - active patrol
U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 15th Oct 1944 and returned to Narvik on 24th Nov 1944 after more than five weeks on patrol.
11.12.1944 - 20.01.1945
Twentythird Sailing - active patrol
On the 11th Dec 1944, U-956 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs and arrived back at Narvik on 20th Jan 1945 after more than five weeks on patrol.
Hans-Dieter Mohs hit one ship on this patrol from convoy KP-24.
  • On 30th Dec 1944 he fatally damaged the Soviet 7,176 ton Tbilisi II, sailing with convoy KP-24.
22.01.1945 - 25.01.1945
Twentyfourth Sailing
U-956 departed under Hans-Dieter Mohs from Narvik on 22nd Jan 1945 and after three days arrived at Trondheim on 25th Jan 1945.
02.04.1945 - 13.05.1945
Twentyfifth Sailing - active patrol
U-956 left Trondheim under the command of Hans-Dieter Mohs on 2nd Apr 1945 and arrived at Loch Eriboll, UK on 13th May 1945 after nearly six weeks.

Notes for U-956


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