U-Boat Operations

U-78	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 29 850
Construction Yard	Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen
Yard Number	6
Ordered	25th Jan 1939
Keel laid	28th Mar 1940
Launched	7th Dec 1940
Commissioned	15th Feb 1941
Baubelehrung	Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
02.41 - 03.45	22.U-Flottille, Gotenhafen Schulboot (training boat)
03.45 - 04.45	4.U-Flottille, Stettin Stromboot (used as power generator)
Commanders
02.41 - 07.41	KL Alfred Dumrese see also: U-655
07.41 - 02.42	OL Kurt Makowski see also: U-619
02.42 - 07.42	OL Max Dieterich see also: U-637
07.42 - 11.42	KL Ernst Ziehm see also: U-232
11.42 - 05.43	KL Helmut Sommer see also: U-139 U-853
05.43 - 11.44	OL Wilhelm Eisele see also: U-57 U-1103
11.44 - 04.45	OL Horst Hübsch see also: U-145

Notes for U-78

U-78 was sunk by Russian artillery at Pillau on 16th April 1945.

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