German submarine U-9 (S188)

Museum ship U-9 at the Technikmuseum Speyer
History
Germany
Name	U-9
Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Laid down	10 December 1964
Launched	20 October 1966
Commissioned	11 April 1967
Decommissioned	3 June 1993
Status	Museum ship at the Technikmuseum Speyer
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 205 submarine
Displacement	450 long tons (457 t) surfaced 500 long tons (508 t) submerged
Length	43.9 m (144 ft)
Beam	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × 600 hp (450 kW) Mercedes-Benz 4-stroke V12 diesel engines each coupled to a BBC generator 1 × 1,000 kW (1,300 hp) SSW electric motor
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged
Range	4,200 nmi (7,800 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced 228 nmi (422 km) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 18 enlisted
Armament	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes Torpedoes and naval mines

U9 (S188) is a retired Type 205 submarine of the German Navy. She was laid down on 10 December 1964 by Howaldtswerke of Kiel. U9 was launched on 20 October 1966 and commissioned on 11 April 1967. She was decommissioned on 3 June 1993, and is now a museum ship at Technikmuseum Speyer in Speyer.