U-Boat Operations

U-390	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 50 970
Construction Yard	Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel
Yard Number	21
Ordered	21st Nov 1940
Keel laid	6th Dec 1941
Launched	23rd Jan 1943
Commissioned	13th Mar 1943
Baubelehrung	1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.43 - 11.43	5.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
12.43 - 07.44	7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire Frontboot (operational) Frontboot für Transportunternehmungen (transport)
Commanders
03.43 - 07.44	LT Heinz Geissler

Operations information for U-390
02.12.1943 - 05.12.1943 First Sailing - active patrol U-390 left Kiel under the command of Heinz Geissler on 2nd Dec 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 5th Dec 1943 after three days.
07.12.1943 - 13.02.1944 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 7th Dec 1943, U-390 left Bergen under the command of Heinz Geissler and after more than nine weeks arrived at St. Nazaire on 13th Feb 1944.
21.06.1944 - 24.06.1944 Third Sailing - active patrol U-390 departed under Heinz Geissler from St. Nazaire on 21st Jun 1944 and arrived at Brest on 24th Jun 1944 after three days.
27.06.1944 - 05.07.1944 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-390 left Brest under the command of Heinz Geissler on 27th Jun 1944. The boat was sunk on 5th Jul 1944. Heinz Geissler hit two ships on this patrol. On 5th Jul 1944 he sank the British 545 ton HMS Ganilly. On 5th Jul 1944 he damaged the American 7,934 ton Sea Porpoise.

Notes for U-390

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SEA PORPOISE

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