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German submarine U-38 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. [1] Her keel was laid down on 15 April 1937, by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen as yard number 943. She was launched on 9 August 1938 and commissioned on 24 October with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Liebe in command. [1]
This category is for articles about component parts of submarines. Pages in category "Submarine components" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The Italian Liner SS Ancona which was sunk by the German submarines, sailing from New York for Italy Postcard of SS Persia at Aden, c.1900 Max Valentiner Canaris, while a Korvettenkapitän SM U-38 was a German Type U 31 U-boat which operated in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I .
The inspiration for the Type IXA submarine came from the German Type IA submarine, which had a similar diving depth and identical submerged horsepower. Two of the eight Type IXA submarines ( U-37 and U-38 ) would become the 6th and 10th most successful U-boats that saw service in World War II, sinking 53 and 35 ships respectively.
SM UB-38, a Type UB II submarine launched in 1916 and sunk on 8 February 1918; in 2008 UB-38 ' s wreck was moved to reduce the danger to shipping; SM UC-38, a Type UC II submarine launched in 1916 and sunk 14 December 1917; German submarine U-38 (1938), a Type IX submarine that served in the Second World War until scuttled on 5 May 1945
The Gruppe Monsun or Monsoon Group was a force of German U-boats that operated in the Pacific and Indian Oceans during World War II.Although similar naming conventions were used for temporary groupings of submarines in the Atlantic, the longer duration of Indian Ocean patrols caused the name to be permanently associated with the relatively small number of U-boats operating out of Penang ...
A Type UB II submarine, UB-38 had a displacement of 274 tonnes (270 long tons) when at the surface and 303 tonnes (298 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 36.90 m (121 ft 1 in), a beam of 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in), and a draught of 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in).
A slightly modified version, the 38ND 8-1/8, continues in service on Los Angeles-, Seawolf-, and Ohio-class nuclear submarines of the US Navy. The 38 8-1/8 has been in continuous production since its development in 1938, and is currently manufactured by a descendant of Fairbanks-Morse , FMDefense, in Beloit, Wisconsin .