Name U-1002 Yard number 202 Commissioned 30 November 1943 Launched 6 October 1943 Draft 4.74 m Builder Blohm + Voss | Ordered 14 October 1941 Laid down 4 January 1943 Construction started 4 January 1943 Length 67 m Beam 6.2 m | |
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Fate Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway | ||
German submarine U-1002 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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She was ordered on 14 October 1941, and was laid down on 4 January 1943 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 202. She was launched on 6 October 1943 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Albrecht Schubart on 30 November 1943.
Design
German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. U-1002 had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when at the surface and 871 tonnes (857 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), an overall beam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph). When submerged, the boat could operate for 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-1002 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA or TMB Naval mines, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and fifty-two.
Service history
U-1002 participated in only one war patrol which resulted in no ships damaged or sunk.
On 9 May 1945, U-1002 surrendered at Bergen, Norway and was transferred to Lisahally on 30 May 1945, where she would wait nearly seven months for her final fate. Of the 156 U-boats that eventually surrendered to the Allied forces at the end of the war, U-1002 was one of 116 selected to take part in Operation Deadlight. U-1002 was towed out but sank on 13 December 1945, by unknown causes, becoming one of the 56 U-boats that sank before reaching the scuttling areas.
The wreck now lies at 56°10′N 10°5′W.