German submarine ''U-2323'' was a
Type XXIII submarine
German Type XXIII submarines were the first so-called elektroboote ("electric boats") to become operational. They were small coastal submarines designed to operate in the shallow waters of the North Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea, where la ...
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Kriegsmarine
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World War II
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during the spring of 1944, completed on the 18 July and given to ''
Leutnant zur See
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'' Walter Angermann to command. A fast high-technology coastal boat, ''U-2323'' was expected to be the new war-winning weapon in the ''Kriegsmarine'' arsenal.
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Type XXIII
German Type XXIII submarines were the first so-called elektroboote ("electric boats") to become operational. They were small coastal submarines designed to operate in the shallow waters of the North Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea, where l ...
U-boat
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s, ''U-2323'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of (
o/a), a beam width of (o/a), and a draught depth of. The submarine was powered by one
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AEG
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The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate at for ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-2323'' was fitted with two
s in the bow. She could carry two preloaded
es. The
was 14–18 men. This class of U-boat did not carry a deck gun.
The seas around the German coastline were subject to very heavy allied attack during the final two years of the war, as the
sought to restrict German movement around their coasts by sowing thousands of air-dropped
, thus delaying the production and training of new boats, disrupting coastal shipping and destroying several boats before they could become involved in the
.
The ''U-2323'' was a victim of this campaign, when on the 26 July 1944, just eight days old, she was sunk off
harbour on her maiden voyage. Two of her crew were killed in the blast, although the survivors managed to safely reach the shore. They were then transferred to other units. The holed boat was raised in early 1945, but was still undergoing repairs in Kiel at the time of the German surrender. It was
''in situ'' post-war.