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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-958Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 50 044
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number158
Ordered10th Apr 1941
Keel laid10th Mar 1942
Launched21st Nov 1942
Commissioned14th Jan 1943
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.43 - 07.445.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
08.44 - 02.458.U-Flottille, Danzig
Frontboot (operational)
02.45 - 05.455.U-Flottille, Kiel
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
Commanders
01.43 - 04.45OL ~ KL Gerhard Groth
see also: U-143 U-397 
04.45 - 05.45OL Friedrich Stege
see also: U-291 U-397 

Operations information for U-958
06.05.1944 - 09.05.1944
First Sailing
U-958 left Kiel under the command of Gerhard Groth on 6th May 1944 and arrived at Stavanger on 9th May 1944 after three days.
22.05.1944 - 27.05.1944
Second Sailing
On the 22nd May 1944, U-958 left Stavanger under the command of Gerhard Groth and after five days arrived at Bergen on 27th May 1944.
03.06.1944 - 23.06.1944
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-958 departed under Gerhard Groth from Bergen on 3rd Jun 1944 and arrived back at Bergen on 23rd Jun 1944 after nearly three weeks on patrol.
03.07.1944 - 03.07.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-958 left Bergen under the command of Gerhard Groth on 3rd Jul 1944 and arrived at Haugsund on the same day.
27.07.1944 - 01.08.1944
Fifth Sailing
On the 27th Jul 1944, U-958 left Haugsund under the command of Gerhard Groth and arrived at Kiel on 1st Aug 1944 after five days.
03.08.1944 - 05.08.1944
Sixth Sailing
U-958 departed under Gerhard Groth from Kiel on 3rd Aug 1944 and after two days arrived at Gotenhafen on 5th Aug 1944.
04.09.1944 - 05.09.1944
Seventh Sailing
U-958 left Gotenhafen under the command of Gerhard Groth on 4th Sep 1944 and arrived at Reval on 5th Sep 1944 after one day.
07.09.1944 - 11.10.1944
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 7th Sep 1944, U-958 left Reval under the command of Gerhard Groth and after nearly five weeks arrived at Danzig on 11th Oct 1944.
13.10.1944 - 17.12.1944
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-958 departed under Gerhard Groth from Danzig on 13th Oct 1944 and arrived back at Danzig over nine weeks later on 17th Dec 1944.
Gerhard Groth hit two ships on this patrol.
  • On 24th Oct 1944 he sank the Finnish 40 ton Linnea.
  • On 24th Oct 1944 he sank the Finnish ?? ton Piikiö.
23.03.1945 - 26.03.1945
Tenth Sailing
U-958 left Danzig under the command of Gerhard Groth on 23rd Mar 1945 and after three days arrived at Kiel on 26th Mar 1945.

Notes for U-958


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