I-505exU-219

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
X B
Germania W. Kiel
31/05/1941 06/10/1942 12/12/1942

Ex German U-219;
10/05/1945Taken over by Japan;
Home Base:Kawasaki;
/0 /1945-30/11/1945=2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet;

No CEO appointed;
No CO appointed;

15/07/1945 Renumbered I-505;
/08/1945 Surrendered=Surabaya;
30/11/1945 Removed from Navy List;
1947 Broken Up;

KM=
12/12/1942-30/06/1943=4th U-Ron;
01/07/1943-30/09/1944=12th U-Ron;
01/10/1944-06/05/1945=33rd U-Ron;

CO:Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Walter Burghagen=12/12/1942-06/05/1945;

e.1943=Converted to Auxilliary U-Tanker;
e.1944=Converted to Transport Sub;


SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

IJN Sorties=0

[Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Walter Burghagen]
05/10/1943Kiel-07/10/1943Kristiansand=Transit;
07/10/1943Kristiansand-09/10/1943Bergen=Transit;
22/10/1943Bergen-01/01/1944Bordeaux=m.Atlantic Ocean;(Refuel);
23/08/1944Bordeaux-12/12/1944Batavia=Atlantic-India Ocean;(Supply);
/05/1945Batavia- /05Surabaya=Transit;(Repairs);

KM Sorties=2

IJN=0

KM=0

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