D.K.M. U 2322
1944
(Neptun 1079)
- Class: Type XXIII - 63 submarines of 1944
- Displacement: 230/254 tons
- Dimensions: 114 x 10 x 12 ft.
- Machinery: 1-shaft MWM diesel plus 1 electric motor and 1 'creeping' electric motor, 580 bhp/580 + 35 shp = 15/23 knots, 5 knots
- Radius: 6,500 miles at 12 knots / 80 miles at 4 knots
- Armament: 2-21in TT (bow; 2 torpedoes) or 8 mines
- Complement: 25
- Builder: Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
- Laid Down: 22 Mar 1944
- Launched: 30 Apr 1944
- Commissioned: 1 Jul 1944
- Service: 2 patrols, 1 ship sunk, SS Egholm of 1,317 GRT, on 25 Feb 1945 in North Sea off Scottish coast.
Surrendered 9 May 1945 at Stavanger, Norway. Taken to Loch Ryan 31 May and sunk 27 Nov 1945 as part of Operation Deadlight in Atlantic by gunfire from the destroyers HMS Onslow and ORP Blyskawica.
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