U-858

Type

IXC/40

Ordered

5 Jun, 1941

Laid down

11 Dec, 1942

AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1064)

Launched

17 Jun, 1943

Commissioned

30 Sep, 1943

Kptlt. Thilo Bode

Commanders

30 Sep, 1943 - 14 May, 1945

Kptlt. Thilo Bode

Career

2 patrols

30 Sep, 1943 - 30 Apr, 1944  4. Flottille (training)
1 May, 1944 - 30 Sep, 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1944 - 8 May, 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered at Delaware, USA, on 14 May 1945. Scuttled at the end of 1947 after being used for torpedo trials near New England.

View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

19 Sep, 1944
The boat was hit and damaged by an unknown Allied aircraft but reached base at Flensburg on Oct 4. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 643)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

General notes on this boat

U-858 was originally docked near Fort Miles, Delaware, where the crew were held, and then she was taken up to the Philadelphia Naval Yard. She was also the first German warship to surrender to U.S. forces.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-858 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.