| U-596 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 42 884 |
| Construction Yard | Blohm und Voß, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 572 |
| Ordered | 16th Jan 1940 |
| Keel laid | 4th Jan 1941 |
| Launched | 17th Sep 1941 |
| Commissioned | 13th Nov 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen / Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen / 8.KLA, Hamburg |
| Training, Flotillas and Duties | |
| 11.41 – 06.42 | 8.U-Flottille, Königsberg & Danzig Ausbildungsboot (under training) |
| 06.42 – 11.42 | 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice Frontboot (operational) |
| 12.42 – 09.44 | 29.U-Flottille, La Spezia.Pola Frontboot (operational) |
| Commanders | |
| 11.41 – 07.43 | KL Günter Jahn |
| 07.43 – 07.44 | OL Viktor-Wilhelm Nonn see also: U-152 |
| 07.44 – 09.44 | OL Hans Kolbus see also: U-421 U-407 |
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