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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-976Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 51 982
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number176
Ordered5th Jun 1941
Keel laid9th Jul 1942
Launched25th Mar 1943
Commissioned5th May 1943
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
05.43 - 10.435.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.43 - 03.447.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
05.43 - 03.44OL Raimund Tiesler
see also: U-649 U-2503 

Operations information for U-976
25.11.1943 - 29.01.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-976 left Kiel under the command of Raimund Tiesler on 25th Nov 1943 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 29th Jan 1944 after over nine weeks.
20.03.1944 - 25.03.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 20th Mar 1944, U-976 left St. Nazaire under the command of Raimund Tiesler. U-976 was sunk on 25th Mar 1944.

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