| U-553 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 23 789 |
| Construction Yard | Blohm und Voß, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 529 |
| Ordered | 25th Sep 1939 |
| Keel laid | 21st Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 7th Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 23rd Dec 1940 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen |
| Training, Flotillas and Duties | |
| 12.40 – 11.42 | 7.U-Flottille, Kiel & St.Nazaire Ausbildungsboot (under training) Frontboot (operational) |
| 11.42 – 01.43 | 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice Frontboot (operational) |
| Commanders | |
| 23.12.40 – 01.43 | KL ~ KK Franz Wilhelm Karl Thurmann see also: U-29 |
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