German submarine U-58 was a Type IIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine that served in the Second World War. She was produced by Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel. Ordered on 17 June 1937, she was laid down on 29 September as Werk 257. She was launched on 12 October 1938 and commissioned on 4 February 1939 under the command of Oberleutnant Herbert Kuppisch.