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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-2322Type XXIII
Feldpost NumberM 41 243
Construction YardDeutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number476
Ordered20th Sep 1943
Keel laid22nd Mar 1944
Launched30th Apr 1944
Commissioned1st Jul 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.44 - 08.444.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
08.44 - 01.4532.U-Flottille, Königsberg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.45 - 05.4511.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
07.44 - 05.45OL Fridtjof Heckel

Operations information for U-2322
21.01.1945 - 25.01.1945
First Sailing
U-2322 left Kiel under the command of Fridtjof Heckel on 21st Jan 1945 and arrived at Horten on 25th Jan 1945 after four days.
06.02.1945 - 03.03.1945
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 6th Feb 1945, U-2322 left Horten under the command of Fridtjof Heckel and after three and a half weeks arrived at Stavanger on 3rd Mar 1945.
Fridtjof Heckel hit one ship on this patrol from convoy FS-1739.
  • On 25th Feb 1945 he sank the British 1,317 ton Egholm, sailing with convoy FS-1739.
04.04.1945 - 30.04.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-2322 departed under Fridtjof Heckel from Stavanger on 4th Apr 1945 and arrived back at Stavanger on 30th Apr 1945 after more than three weeks on patrol.

Notes for U-2322


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