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U-953 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 10 February 1942 in the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 28 October 1942, and commissioned on 17 December 1942 under the command of ''Oberleutnant zur See'' Karl-Heinz Marbach. After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, ''U-953'' was transferred to the 3rd U-boat Flotilla based at La Pallice (in southwestern France), for front-line service on 1 June 1943. She sailed on ten war patrols, but sank only one ship of . She was transferred to the 33rd U-boat Flotilla on 15 October 1944, under the command of her second skipper, ''Oblt.z.S.'' Herbert Werner, author of the memoir ''Iron Coffins''. ''U-953'' was surrendered at Trondheim in Norway on 9 May 1945. ==Design== German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. ''U-953'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She 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 Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Brown, Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 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, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-953'' was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one , 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German submarine U-953」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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