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German submarine U-546
German submarine ''U-546'' was a Type IXC/40 U-boat operated by Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg as yard number 367 on 6 August 1942, launched on 17 March 1943 and commissioned on 2 June 1943 under ''Oberleutnant zur See'' Paul Just. The U-boat was a member of three wolfpacks.
''U-546'' was responsible for the last combat sinking of a United States Navy vessel in the Atlantic Theatre, during Operation ''Teardrop''. On 24 April 1945 ''U-546'' sank the destroyer escort , but was in turn sunk by combined fire of five other US destroyers.〔Y'Blood, (1983), pp.270-271〕 Her captain and most of her crew were rescued by US vessels, and taken to Argentia Naval Station. It was from this crew that the USN eventually learned that no V-1/2 attacks from the U-boats were planned by the Kriegsmarine.〔Y'Blood, (1983), p.271〕
==Design==
German Type IXC/40 submariness were slightly larger than the original Type IXCs. ''U-546'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, it could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-546'' was fitted with six torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one , 180 rounds, and a as well as a anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight.
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