U-2501
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type XXI-class Submarine |
Builder | Blohm und Voss |
Slip/Drydock Number | VI |
Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 |
Laid Down | 3 Apr 1944 |
Launched | 12 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 Jun 1944 |
Displacement | 1,595 tons standard; 2,067 tons submerged |
Length | 252 feet |
Beam | 26 feet |
Draft | 21 feet |
Machinery | 2 MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cyl diesel engine (3,900shp), 2 SSW GU365/30 and 2 SSW GV232/28 electric motors (223shp) |
Speed | 16 knots |
Range | 15,500nm at 10 knots surfaced, 340nm at 5 knots submerged |
Crew | 57 |
Armament | 6x53.3cm bow torpedo tubes, 23 torpedoes or 17 torpedoes with 12 mines, 4x2cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns |
Submerged Speed | 17.2 knots with GU365/30 motors, 6.1 knots with GV232/28 silent motors |
Test Depth | 240m |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseGerman submarine U-2501 was commissioned into service under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Otto Hübschen in mid-1944. She served as a training boat throughout her entire career. Hübschen was transferred away in Nov 1944 (eventually to command another submarine, U-2542, in Mar 1945). She conducted no war patrols during the war, and was scuttled on the same day that the city was surrendered to the British, 3 May 1945.
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3 Apr 1944 | The keel of U-2501 was laid down at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. |
12 May 1944 | U-2501 was launched at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. |
27 Jun 1944 | U-2501 was commissioned into service under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Otto Hübschen, and the submarine was assigned to the 31st Submarine Flotilla, which was a training unit. |
20 Nov 1944 | Oberleutnant zur See Otto Hübschen stepped down as the commanding officer of U-2501. |
21 Nov 1944 | U-2501 was assigned to the 8th Submarine Flotilla, which was a training unit. |
3 May 1945 | U-2501 was scuttled at 0708 hours in Hamburg, Germany. |
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