German submarine U-962 was a Type VIIC U-boat built during World War II. Her keel was laid at the yards of Blohm & Voss in Hamburg on 7 April 1942. Launched on 17 December 1942, she was formally commissioned on 11 February 1943 and given to Oblt. Ernst Liesberg, who commanded the submarine on both of her active war patrols.