U395
June 10, 1942-The keel of the U395 is laid in the Howaldtswerke shipyards in Kiel.
July 16, 1943-The U395 is launched.
July 29, 1943-Just shortly after being launched, the U395 is devastated by bombs during an air raid on Kiel while being fitted out. Afterwards, the project was abandoned.
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Statistics:
- Maximum displacement: 1,070 tons
- Top speed (surfaced): 17.7 knots
- Top speed (submerged): 7.6 knots
- Maximum depth: 722 feet
- Overall length: 220 feet
- Beam: 20.34 feet
Armament:
- 1-20 mm machine gun
- 1-88 mm deck gun
- 4-forward torpedo tubes
- 1-aft torpedo tube
- 13-magnetic mines
