German submarine Wilhelm Bauer

	Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) at the Maritime Museum (2013)
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-2540
Ordered	6 November 1943
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	2540
Laid down	28 October 1944
Launched	13 January 1945
Commissioned	24 February 1945
Fate	Scuttled on 4 May 1945; Raised in June 1957;
West Germany
Name	Wilhelm Bauer
Namesake	Wilhelm Bauer
Commissioned	1 September 1960
Decommissioned	28 August 1968
In service	May 1970
Out of service	15 March 1982
Fate	Museum ship on 27 April 1984
General characteristics
Class and type	Type XXI submarine
Displacement	1,621 t (1,595 long tons) surfaced; 2,100 t (2,067 long tons) submerged;
Length	76.70 m (251 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Height	11.30 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Diesel/Electric; 2 × MAN M6V40/46KBB supercharged 6-cylinder diesel engines, 4,000 PS (2,900 kW; 3,900 shp); 2 × SSW GU365/30 double acting electric motors, 5,000 PS (3,700 kW; 4,900 shp); 2 × SSW GV232/28 silent running electric motors, 226 PS (166 kW; 223 shp);
Speed	Surfaced:; 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) (diesel); 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph) (electric); Submerged:; 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph) (electric); 6.1 knots (11.3 km/h; 7.0 mph) (silent running motors);
Range	15,500 nmi (28,700 km; 17,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced; 340 nmi (630 km; 390 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Test depth	240 m (790 ft)
Complement	5 officers, 52 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	Type F432 D2 Radar Transmitter; FuMB Ant 3 Bali Radar Detector;
Armament	6 × bow torpedo tubes; 23 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes; or 17 × torpedoes and 12 × mines; 4 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA guns;
Service record (Kriegsmarine)
Part of:	31st U-boat Flotilla; 24 February – 4 May 1945;
Identification codes:	M 52 062
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Rudolf Schultze; 24 February – 4 May 1945;
Operations:	None
Victories:	None

German submarine Wilhelm Bauer (originally designated U-2540) is a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy (Kriegsmarine), completed shortly before the end of World War II. It was scuttled at the end of the war, having never gone on patrol. In 1957, it was raised from the seabed off Flensburg Firth, refurbished, and recommissioned for use by the West-German Bundesmarine in 1960. Finally retired fully in 1983, it is the only floating example of a Type XXI U-boat. It has been modified to appear in wartime configuration and exhibited at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Germany.

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