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| U-485 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 49 981 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Werke Kiel AG, Kiel |
| Yard Number | 320 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 3rd May 1943 |
| Launched | 15th Jan 1944 |
| Commissioned | 23rd Feb 1944 |
| Baubelehrung | 1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 02.44 - 10.44 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 11.44 - 05.45 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 23.02.44 - 08.05.45 | OL KrO ~ KL KrO Friedrich Lutz |
| Operations information for U-485 | 06.11.1944 - 09.11.1944
First Sailing
U-485 left Kiel under the command of Friedrich Lutz on 6th Nov 1944 and arrived at Horten on 9th Nov 1944 after three days.
| 25.11.1944 - 28.11.1944
Second Sailing
On the 25th Nov 1944, U-485 left Horten under the command of Friedrich Lutz and after three days arrived at Bergen on 28th Nov 1944.
| 29.11.1944 - 30.01.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-485 departed under Friedrich Lutz from Bergen on 29th Nov 1944 and arrived back at Bergen on 30th Jan 1945 after nearly nine weeks on patrol.
| 01.02.1945 - 03.02.1945
Fourth Sailing
U-485 left Bergen under the command of Friedrich Lutz on 1st Feb 1945 and after two days arrived at Trondheim on 3rd Feb 1945.
| 25.03.1945 - 24.04.1945
Fifth Sailing
On the 25th Mar 1945, U-485 left Trondheim under the command of Friedrich Lutz and arrived at La Pallice on 24th Apr 1945 after over four weeks.
| 29.04.1945 - 14.05.1945
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-485 departed under Friedrich Lutz from La Pallice on 29th Apr 1945 and after just over two weeks arrived at Gibraltar on 14th May 1945.
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