U-Boat Operations U-873 Type IXD2

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

Category:
U-873 Type IXD2
Feldpost Number M 50 271
Construction Yard Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen
Yard Number 1081
Ordered 25th Aug 1941
Keel laid 17th Feb 1943
Launched 11th Nov 1943
Commissioned 1st Mar 1944
Baubelehrung 6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.44 – 01.45 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.45 – 05.45 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
03.44 – 05.45 KL Friedrich Steinhoff
see also: U-511

 

Bodo Mühlhaus Courtesy Bodo Mühlhaus Bodo Mühlhaus was a FunkGefreiter (radio operator) on U 873
Bodo Mühlhaus in 2003 Courtesy Bodo Mühlhaus Bodo was put to work picking cotton in the US after his boat surrendered at Boston on 16th May 1945. After this he was sent to England where he remained in captivity for a further two years. He was not released until October 1948.

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