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Class: XVIIB, Small Coastal Research vessels Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Keel laid: 10/30/1943. Commissioned U-1406, 02/08/1945;
Career: No war patrol. 02/08/1945 - 02/15/1945 8th Flotilla (training) 02/16/1945 - 05/05/1945 5th flotilla (traning). Fate: Scuttled (05/05/1945) in Cuxhaven, Germany. Later raised and transported to the USA on the deck of the US transport vessel Shoemaker, on 15 Sep, 1945. She was used for trials by the US Navy and broken up in New York harbor sometime after 18 May, 1948. Specifications:Displacement: 312 t (surf.), 337 t (subm.); Length: 136.5 ft ; B. 14.8 ft ; Dr. 14.1 ft ; Speed. 8.8 k. (surf.), 25 k. (subm.); 2 torpedo tubes with a reserve of 4 torp.; Max depth: unknown ; Power: (hp) 230 (sf) 2500 (sm); Range: (miles / knots) 3000/8 (sf) 123/25 (sm)
| Click On Image For Full Size Image | Size | Image Description | Source | |
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 | 62k | U-1406 at her moorings. | Photo submitted by Robert Hurst. Photo added 05/10/10. | |
 | 107k | Walter Type XVIIB up on the stocks. Pictured above is the German Walter Type XVIIB U-1406, partially dismantled shortly after the end of World War II. U-1406 was turned over to the U.S. Navy as a war prize and soon disposed of, but the Royal Navy later operated her sister ship, U-1407, as HMS Meteorite to gain experience in hydrogen-peroxide propulsion technologies. | Photo originaly appeared in the book "Vom Original Zum Modell - Uboottyp XVII - Walter Uboote" by Rossler and Kohl. Photo credit: Sahlin/Lindberg. Photo & text via the courtesy of chinfo.navy.mil., and submitted by Antoine Lenormand. | |
 | 151k | U-1406 being lifted out of the water after being raised at Cuxhaven, Germany, May 1945. | Photo submitted by Robert Hurst. Photo added 05/10/10. | |
 | 82k | Cut out of the Walter Type XVIIB U-1406. | Photo originaly appeared in the book "Vom Original Zum Modell - Uboottyp XVII - Walter Uboote" by Rossler and Kohl. Photo credit: Sahlin/Lindberg, submitted by Antoine Lenormand. | |
 | 214k | Walter Type XVIIB Schematics. | Photo submitted by Robert Hurst. Photo added 05/10/10. | |
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