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  • German submarine U-480
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  • U-480 was an experimental Kriegsmarine Type VIIC U-boat of World War II, considered by many to be the first stealth submarime,it was equipped with a special rubber coating (codenamed "Alberich", probably after the German mythological character who had the ability to become invisible), that made it difficult to detect with British ASDIC (sonar). The U-boat was laid down in the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 311 on 8 August 1942, launched on 14 August 1943 and commissioned on 6 October 1943 under Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Förster.
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Ship test depth
  • Crush depth:
Ship type
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  • yes
Partof
  • 5
  • 9
  • 11
Ship range
  • at submerged
  • at surfaced
Ship displacement
  • submerged
  • surfaced
is ship
  • yes
Ship laid down
  • 1942-12-08
Ship commissioned
  • 1943-10-06
Ship armament
  • • 5 × torpedo tubes
  • • Various AA guns
  • • 1 × deck gun
  • • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
codes
  • M 53 621
Ship ordered
  • 1941-04-10
Commanders
  • Oblt. Hans-Joachim Förster
Ship fate
  • --01-29
Ship builder
  • Deutsche Werke, Kiel, yard 311
Ship complement
  • 44
Ship propulsion
  • 2
Ship country
operations
  • --01-06
  • --06-07
  • --08-03
Ship launched
  • 1943-08-14
Ship beam
  • pressure hull
  • o/a
Ship Name
  • U-480
Ship speed
  • submerged
  • surfaced
Victories
  • Four ships sunk
Ship length
  • pressure hull
  • o/a
abstract
  • U-480 was an experimental Kriegsmarine Type VIIC U-boat of World War II, considered by many to be the first stealth submarime,it was equipped with a special rubber coating (codenamed "Alberich", probably after the German mythological character who had the ability to become invisible), that made it difficult to detect with British ASDIC (sonar). The U-boat was laid down in the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 311 on 8 August 1942, launched on 14 August 1943 and commissioned on 6 October 1943 under Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Förster. U-480 carried out three war patrols, all under Förster's command. Because of its coating, the boat was sent to the heavily-defended English Channel. The Alberich worked; U-480 was never detected by sonar.