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| U-979 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 52 107 |
| Construction Yard | Blohm und Voß, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 179 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 10th Aug 1942 |
| Launched | 15th Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20th May 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 8.KLA, Hamburg | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 05.43 - 07.44 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.44 - 10.44 | 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 05.45 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 05.43 - 05.45 | OL ~ KL Johannes Meermeier |
| Operations information for U-979 | 06.08.1944 - 08.08.1944
First Sailing
U-979 left Kiel under the command of Johannes Meermeier on 6th Aug 1944 and arrived at Horten on 8th Aug 1944 after two days.
| 14.08.1944 - 10.10.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 14th Aug 1944, U-979 left Horten under the command of Johannes Meermeier and after just over eight weeks arrived at Trondheim on 10th Oct 1944.
Johannes Meermeier hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 22nd Sep 1944 he damaged the American 5,747 ton USS Yukon.
| 09.11.1944 - 16.01.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-979 departed under Johannes Meermeier from Trondheim on 9th Nov 1944 and arrived at Stavanger on 16th Jan 1945 after more than nine weeks.
| 26.03.1945 - 29.03.1945
Fourth Sailing
U-979 left Bergen under the command of Johannes Meermeier on 26th Mar 1945 and returned three days later to Bergen on 29th Mar 1945.
| 29.03.1945 - 24.05.1945
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 29th Mar 1945, U-979 left Bergen under the command of Johannes Meermeier. U-979 was scuttled on 24th May 1945.
Johannes Meermeier hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy RU-161.-
On 2nd May 1945 he sank the British 348 ton HMS Ebor Wyke.
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On 4th May 1945 he damaged the British 6,386 ton Empire Unity, sailing with convoy RU-161.
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| Notes for U-979 |
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| | The exposed wreck of U979 | | Courtesy Jürgen Meyer-Brenkhof | | U979 ran aground on May 24 1945. The crew blew up the foreward section of the boat and made it to shore on the island of Amrum. In 1988, constant strong easterly winds blew for several days preventing water from flowing back with the tide in this area. The resulting low water level exposed U979 - seen here photographed from a German naval helicopter. |
| | | Courtesy Jürgen Meyer-Brenkhof |
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