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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-579Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 46 268
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number555
Ordered8th Jan 1940
Keel laid31st Aug 1940
Launched28th May 1941
Commissioned17th Jul 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.41 - 09.415.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.41 - 05.42Decommissioned
05.42 - 08.4324.U-Flottille, Memel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
08.43 - 02.4523.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
03.45 - 05.454.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
07.41 - 10.41KL Dietrich Lohmann
see also: U-554 U-89 
05.42 - 10.42OL Günther Ruppelt
see also: U-356 
10.42 - 09.44LT Gerhard Linder
see also: U-2515 U-3006 U-3515 
09.44 - 05.45LT Hans-Dietrich Schwarzenberg

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