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U-1406

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)
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U-boats107k 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.
U-boats82k 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.

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