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U-2513

Class: U-2501 Built by Blohm & Voss at Hamburg, Germany. Keel Laid: 19 Jul, 1944. Commissioned U-2513, 12 Oct, 1944.
Fate: Surrendered at Horten, Norway on 8 May, 1945. Taken to Oslo on 20 May. Left Oslo for Lisahally, Northern Ireland to which it reached on 7 June. Transferred to USA in August 1945 and used for trials. Sunk at 24.53N, 83.15W west of Key West, Florida during rocket tests by the destroyer Robert A. Owens DD-827 on 7 Oct, 1951.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,621 t., Submerged: 1,819 t.; Length 251' 9"; Beam 21' 9"; Draft 20' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 15.5-16 kts, Submerged 17,2; Complement 57; Armament, 23 torpedoes stored in six 21" torpedo tubes, 4 20 mm.;, or 12 TMC mines and 14 torpedoes .Max depth: ca. 280 m (919 feet); Power: (hp) 4000 (sf) 4400 (sm); Range: (miles / knots) 15500/10 (sf) 340/5 (sm)

Size	Image Description	Source
9k	Port side view of *U-2513*, circa 1945.	Courtesy of u552.de.
98k	*U-2513*, off the Key West Naval Station, Florida, 30 October 1946.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # 80-G-705562, now in the collections of the National Archives.
136k	Port side view of the *U-2513* underway off the Key West Naval Station, Florida, possibly on 30 October 1946.	Photograph courtesy of Skip Riser. His father was stationed in Key West, serving on the Chivo 341, Corporal 346 and the *U-2513*. Photo added 03/25/06.
63k	View of the *U-2513's* sail, taken at an Atlantic Coast port on 5 November 1946, during a visit by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Chief of Naval Operations. Nimitz is in the right center, with his back to a "whip" radio antenna. Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, is in the center, just to the left of FAdm. Nimitz. Note the submarine's insignia, at left.	Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 58138, now in the collections of the National Archives.
87k	President Harry S. Truman (right center, in light cap) leaves *U-2513*, after visiting the former German submarine on 5 December 1947, probably at Key West Naval Station, Florida. Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy is at the far right. Photographed by MacAfee.	Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99322, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Diving the wreck of the U-2513
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