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[Lucky13]

Any excuse, right?

U-889
Type: IX C/40
Built by: AG Weser, Bremen
Keel laid: 13/09/43
Launched: 05/04/44
Commissioned: 04/08/44
Feldpost: Nr M 37894

Surrendered on 13/05/45

She was one of the last two uboats in Canadian waters, the other being U-190, if I remember correctly....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

What are those two protruding things, at the rear of the conning tower, lifeboats?

 

[Wurger]

Do you mean these two things?

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

Aye, that's them....lifeboats?

 

[fubar57]

Found a site....then lost it. It had an anatomy drawing and the area mentioned "muster station". I'll see if I can go through my history and find it again

 

[fubar57]

Possibly #18....

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...note though that this drawing is a Type VII and your boy is a Type IX

 

[Wurger]

You are right Geo. That's the answer - life raft containers. As far as the Type VII and the IX are concerned .The IXC got the idea of the conning tower with the two platforms for the AA armament just from the VIIC/41.

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff.

 

[Lucky13]

Type VIIC, U-355's emblem....

 

[Lucky13]

U-413....

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

 

[Lucky13]

U-663....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

U-760....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

U-993....

 

[Lucky13]

U-1013....

 

[Wurger]