German submarine U-3008

USS U-3008 off the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 30 August 1946
History
Nazi Germany
Name:	U-3008
Ordered:	6 November 1943
Builder:	DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number:	1167
Laid down:	2 July 1944
Launched:	14 September 1944
Commissioned:	19 October 1944
Homeport:	Wilhelmshaven
Fate:	Surrendered, May 1945
United States
Name:	U-3008
Acquired:	22 August 1945
In service:	24 July 1946
Out of service:	18 June 1948
Fate:	Scuttled, May 1954 Raised and hulk sold for scrap, 1955
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type XXI submarine
Displacement:	1,621 t (1,595 long tons) surfaced 1,819 t (1,790 long tons) submerged
Length:	76.70 m (251 ft 8 in) o/a
Beam:	8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
Height:	11.30 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught:	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric Diesel engines, 4,400 PS (3,236 kW; 4,340 shp) Electric motors, 4,200 PS (3,089 kW; 4,143 shp)
Speed:	15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph)
Range:	15,000 nmi (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 340 nmi (630 km; 390 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth:	240–280 m (790–920 ft)
Complement:	5 officers, 52 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	Type F432 D2 Radar Transmitter FuMB Ant 3 Bali Radar Detector
Armament:	6 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 4 × 2 cm (0.79 in) guns

The German submarine U-3008 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that served in the United States Navy for several years after World War II.

Her keel was laid down on 2 July 1944 by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen, and she was commissioned on 19 October 1944 with Kapitänleutnant Fokko Schlömer in command. In March 1945 Schlömer was relieved by Kapitänleutnant Helmut Manseck who commanded the boat until Nazi Germany's surrender on 8 May.

Like all Type XXI U-boats, U-3008 had a displacement of 1,621 tonnes (1,595 long tons) when at the surface and 1,819 tonnes (1,790 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 76.70 m (251 ft 8 in) (o/a), a beam length of 8 m (26 ft 3 in), and a draught length of 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in). The submarine was powered by two MAN SE supercharged six-cylinder M6V40/46KBB diesel engines each providing 4,000 metric horsepower (2,900 kilowatts; 3,900 shaft horsepower), two Siemens-Schuckert GU365/30 double-acting electric motors each providing 5,000 PS (3,700 kW; 4,900 shp), and two Siemens-Schuckert silent running GV232/28 electric motors each providing 226 PS (166 kW; 223 shp).