German U-boat U-995 was one of the last boats to fight in the North Atlantic and one of the last to have been saved to history. Her final patrol was in March 1945, where it damaged the Horace Bushnell, a U.S. liberty ship. Five of the 69 crew members were killed in the attack in the Barents Sea. In the photos below, from left to right: U-995, her torpedo room, and lastly the control room.
U-995 conducted 9 patrols:
16 September 1943 to 31 May 1944 5th Flotilla (training)
1 June 1944 to 28 February 1945 13th Flotilla (front boat)
1 March 1945 to 8 May 1945 14th Flotilla (front boat)
U-995 took part in five wolfpacks:
Dachs (1–5 September 1944)
Zorn (26 September - 1 October 1944)
Panther (16 October - 10 November 1944)
Stier (11 December 1944 – 6 January 1945)
Hagen (17–21 March 1945) 1
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