German submarine U-354

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-354
Ordered	9 October 1939
Builder	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard number	473
Laid down	15 April 1940
Launched	10 January 1942
Commissioned	22 April 1942
Fate	Sunk by British warships in the Barents Sea on 24 August 1944[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record[2][3]
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 22 April – 30 September 1942 1st U-boat Flotilla 1 – 14 October 1942 11th U-boat Flotilla 15 October 1942 – 31 May 1943 13th U-boat Flotilla 1 June 1943 – 24 August 1944
Identification codes:	M 46 036
Commanders:	Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Herbschleb 22 April 1942 – 22 February 1944 Oblt.z.S. Hans-Jürgen Sthamer 22 February – 24 August 1944
Operations:	11 patrols: 1st patrol: 29 October – 30 November 1942 2nd patrol: a. 19 December 1942 – 15 January 1943 b. 18 – 20 January 1943 3rd patrol: a. 11 March – 4 April 1943 b. 28 – 30 April 1943 4th patrol: a. 9 May – 12 June 1943 b. 13 – 15 June 1943 c. 25 – 27 July 1943 5th patrol: 4 August – 22 September 1943 6th patrol: a. 22 – 23 October 1943 b. 25 October – 6 December 1943 7th patrol: a. 7 December 1943 – 1 January 1944 b. 3 – 4 January 1944 c. 2 – 5 March 1944 8th patrol: 8 March – 12 April 1944 9th patrol: a. 18 April – 3 May 1944 b. 6 – 10 May 1944 c. 24 – 28 June 1944 10th patrol: a. 30 June – 3 July 1944 b. 4 – 28 July 1944 11th patrol: 21 – 24 August 1944
Victories:	1 merchant ship sunk (7,176 GRT) 1 warship sunk (1,300 tons) 1 warship total loss (11,420 tons) 1 merchant ship damaged (3,771 GRT)

German submarine U-354 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out 11 patrols before being sunk in the Barents Sea by British warships on 24 August 1944.

She sank one merchant ship and one warship, damaged a merchant vessel and caused a warship to be declared a total loss.