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U-111


Class: Type Mittel U. Built by Germaniawerft, Kiel. Keel Launched: 5 Sep, 1917. Commissioned U-111, 30 Dec, 1917;
Fate: 20 Nov, 1918 - Surrendered to the USA. The boat was used for exhibitions (to sell war bonds among other things) on the New England coastline. Later used for research and finally sunk by explosives in deep water off Cape Charles, Virginia.

Specifications:Displacement: 798 (surf.), 996 (subm.); 1. 235V2'; b. 20%'; dr. 11%'; s. 16.4 k. (surf.), 8.4 k. (subm.); cpl. 36; a. 6 20" tt., 1 4.1", 13.4"; cl. V-111)
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U-boats92k A promotional poster for the Victory Liberty Loan. UB-88 and other former German submarines visited numerous U.S. ports during 1919 to help stimulate interest in the postwar Victory Bond Drive. NARA Photo, text courtesy of Warship Int. Edition # 3, 1986.
U-11160k Side view U-111 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, N.H. USN photo courtesy of the Milne Collection, photo # PNS0222, at the University of New Hampshire.
U-11163k U.S. submarine designers were much influenced by German U-baot practice, largely as revealed by U-boats like this one, taken briefly after WW I. U-111 is shown in American service. Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
S-2 300k Raised bow view, port side of the S-2 (SS-106) submerging at her dock trials at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth New Hampshire, June 4th, 1921. Note: On the other side of the pier, just to the left of the enclosure, is the conning tower of the U-111 , a German U-boat taken over by the USN for study. After an extensive series of trials, it was decommissioned in April, 1920. US Navy photo # 19-N-7608, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. Partial text courtesy of Dave Johnston and Ric Hedman.

View the U-111
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The Milne Collection, UNH.
U-Boat.net


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