German submarine U-195
IX D1
M 49 317
AG Weser ( Deschimag ), Bremen
November 4, 1940
1041
May 15, 1941
April 8, 1942
September 5, 1942
- September 5, 1942 - October 17, 1943 KKpt. Heinz Buchholz
- October 18, 1943 - April 15, 1944 unoccupied
- April 16, 1944 - May 10, 1945 Oblt.z.S.d.R. Friedrich Steinfeldt
3 patrols
2 ships ( 14,375 GRT)
U 195 was a German U- boat of the type IX D1, which was used in World War II by the German Navy.
History
The contract for the boat was awarded on 4 November 1940 for the Deschimag belonging AG Weser shipyard in Bremen. The keel was laid on 15 May 1941 the launching on April 8, 1942. Went into service under Captain Lieutenant Heinz Buchholz finally took place on September 5, 1942.
The boat belonged after its entry into service on September 5, 1942 to March 31, 1943 as a training boat for 4 U- Flotilla at Stettin. From 1 April 1943 to September 1943, it was front boat in the 12th U- Flotilla in Bordeaux. October 1943 to April 1944 the boat was decommissioned as a conversion to a transport boat was. From May 1944 to September 30, 1944 as a front boat (Utilities) again at the 12th U- Flotilla in Bordeaux, it came from 1 October 1944 to 10 May 1945 as a front boat (utilities ) for 33 U- Flotilla by Flensburg ( East Asia boats)
Inserts
U 195 took during his service three patrols on which it sink two ships with 14,375 GRT and could damage a ship with 6,797 GRT.
First patrol
The boat was launched on March 20, 1943 at 8:00 clock from Kiel, and launched on March 22, 1943 at 1:00 clock in Kristiansand and the same day at 6.57 clock again. It was in Bordeaux on 23 July 1943. On this lasting 129 days and 18,498 nautical miles across and 763 nm under water long company in the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, the island of St. Helena, off southwest Africa, Indian Ocean, Madagascar and St. Elizabeth, two ships were sunk with 14,375 GRT and a ship damaged with 6,797 GRT.
- May 7, 1943: sinking of the American steamer Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (position -15 -7) with 7,176 GRT. The steamer was sunk by three torpedoes ( a miss ). He drove in ballast and was on my way from Cape Town to Bahia. There were no losses, 70 survivors.
Second patrol
The boat was launched on August 20, 1944 from Bordeaux, and ran on December 28, 1944 at 15.00 clock in Batavia. On this 130 days lasting company in the Central and South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and Java, no ships were sunk or damaged.
Third patrol
The boat ran out on 19 January 1945 by Batavia, and ran on 4 March 1945 in there. On this 45 days continuous operation in the Indian Ocean, off Madagascar, no ships were sunk or damaged.
Laying drive
The boat ran out on March 5, 1945 by Batavia, and was launched on March 7, 1945 at 15.00 clock in Surabaya. On this trip no ships were sunk or damaged.
Whereabouts
The boat was taken on May 6, 1945 in Surabaya on Java from Japan and provided as a Japanese I- 506 in service on 15 July 1945. The German crew was interned. After Japan's surrender, the boat was on February 15, 1946 at surgery scuppered, the sinking of the former German U- boats in Asia on the southeast coast of the island Mandura in position 6 ° 50 ' S, 114 ° 42' O- 6.8333333333333114 .7, sunk in naval grid square KC 2236.