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U-Boat Operations
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

U-152Type IID
Feldpost NumberM 33 153
Construction YardDeutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number281
Ordered25th Sep 1939
Keel laid6th Jul 1940
Launched14th Dec 1940
Commissioned29th Jan 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.41 - 09.4124.U-Flottille, Danzig.Trondheim
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.41 - 03.4521.U-Flottille, Pillau
Schulboot (training boat)
03.45 - 05.4531.U-Flottille, Wilhelmshaven
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
06.40 - 06.41KL Peter-Erich Cremer
see also: U-333 U-2519 
07.41 - 09.41OL Hans Benker
see also: U-80 U-625 
09.41 - 08.42OL Hans Hildebrandt
see also: U-636 
08.42 - 09.42LT Hans-Ferdinand Geisler
see also: U-21 U-3006 
09.42 - 07.43OL Viktor-Wilhelm Nonn
see also: U-596 
07.43 - 10.44LT Wilhelm Bergemann
10.44 - 05.45OL Gernot Thiel

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