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German submarine U-957 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Laid down by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, on 11 March 1942, the U-boat was launched on 21 November 1942, and commissioned on 7 January 1943, by Leutnant Franz Saar. Under the command of Oberleutnant Gerhard Schaar U-957 carried out seven war patrols between December 1943 and October 1944, sinking two commercial vessels; the British Fort Bellingham and the Soviet Nord; and two military vessels, the American submarine chaser USS PTC-38, and the Soviet corvette Brilliant.

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  • German submarine U-957 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Laid down by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, on 11 March 1942, the U-boat was launched on 21 November 1942, and commissioned on 7 January 1943, by Leutnant Franz Saar. Under the command of Oberleutnant Gerhard Schaar U-957 carried out seven war patrols between December 1943 and October 1944, sinking two commercial vessels; the British Fort Bellingham and the Soviet Nord; and two military vessels, the American submarine chaser USS PTC-38, and the Soviet corvette Brilliant.
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  • German submarine U-957 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Laid down by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, on 11 March 1942, the U-boat was launched on 21 November 1942, and commissioned on 7 January 1943, by Leutnant Franz Saar. Under the command of Oberleutnant Gerhard Schaar U-957 carried out seven war patrols between December 1943 and October 1944, sinking two commercial vessels; the British Fort Bellingham and the Soviet Nord; and two military vessels, the American submarine chaser USS PTC-38, and the Soviet corvette Brilliant. Her combat career ended on 19 October 1944 at Lofoten, Norway, when she collided with a German steamer. On 21 October 1944 she was taken out of service in Trondheim. On 29 May 1945 she was taken to England where she was broken up.
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