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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-237Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 49 758
Construction YardF.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number667
Ordered20th Jan 1941
Keel laid23rd Apr 1942
Launched17th Dec 1942
Commissioned30th Jan 1943
Baubelehrung1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.43 - 05.435.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
10.43 - 03.4523.U-Flottille, Danzig
Experimental boat
03.45 - 04.4531.U-Flottille, Wilhelmshaven
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
01.43 - 05.43OL Hubert Nordheimer
see also: U-990 U-2512 
10.43 - 09.44LT Lothar König
09.44 - 10.44OL Johannes van Stipriaan
10.44 - 04.45KL Karl Heinz Menard

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