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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)
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U-25139kPort side view of U-2513, circa 1945. Courtesy of u552.de.
U-251398kU-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.
U-2513136kPort 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.
U-251363k 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.
U-251387kPresident 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. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99322, now in the collections of the National Archives. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
U-2513149kGerman sub U-2513 with snorkel (fore) US fleet type submarine Cobbler (SS-344) in the center and Cubera (SS-347), with snorkle off the coast of Florida, September 1948. Photographer: Ralph Morse, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/27/08.
U-2513119kGerman sub U-2513 with snorkel, September 1948. Photographer: Ralph Morse, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/27/08.
U-2513125kMen on U-2513 checking out snokel device. Photographer: Ralph Morse, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/27/08.
U-2513100kSnorkeling intake seen through periscope of U-2513.Photographer: Ralph Morse, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/27/08.
U-2513132kSnorkling device on top of water.Photographer: Ralph Morse, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/27/08.
U-2513138kMen checking out equipment on board of submarine U-2513.Photographer: Ralph Morse, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/27/08.
U-2513138kGerman snorkle submarine U-2513 that USSR got at the end of the war .Photographer: Ralph Morse, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/27/08.

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