"U-480: The Kriegsmarine’s Stealth Submarine" Topic
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Tango01  | 12 Apr 2025 5:07 p.m. PST |
"Although ‘stealth' is a somewhat modern term applied to certain high-end military machines, U-480 was the first operational U-boat to use technology specifically designed to reduce the possibility of underwater detection by sonar. In August 1944, it went on a seemingly unstoppable killing spree, sinking four vessels in the English Channel in under 96-hours, with the Allies seemingly unable to locate her. But was the Kriegsmarine's stealthy U-boat really the potential war winner some later believed it could have been? Despite its later fame as the world's first operational stealth submarine, U-480 began life as an ordinary Type VIIC U-boat. Laid down on 8 December 1942 and built by Deutsche Werke AG (werk no. 311) in Kiel, U-480 was commissioned less than ten months later. The Type VIIC was the workhorse of Germany's underwater fleet, with almost 570 being built between 1941 and the end of the war. It proved an effective killer, operating in almost every area where the U-boat force was deployed…" Main page
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