German submarine U-183
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German submarine U-183 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. She was commissioned on 1 April 1942, one of the first IXC/40 boats, somewhat larger and faster than the IXC type. She began her service life in the 4th U-boat Flotilla, a training organization, moving on to the 2nd, then the 33rd Flotilla, both operational or front outfits.
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Name | U-183 |
Ordered | 15 August 1940 |
Builder | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 1023 |
Laid down | 28 May 1941 |
Launched | 9 January 1942 |
Commissioned | 1 April 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Besugo, 23 April 1945 |
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Class and type | Type IXC/40 submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in) |
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Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 44 100 |
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U-183 was in the first wave of "Monsun boats" or Monsun Gruppe, which operated in the Indian Ocean from Japanese bases in the occupied Dutch East Indies and British Malaya, mostly Penang.