German torpedo boat T35

	T35 in US service, August 1945
History
Nazi Germany
Name	T35
Ordered	20 January 1941
Builder	Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia
Yard number	1517
Laid down	20 April 1943
Launched	12 December 1943
Completed	7 October 1944
Fate	Transferred as war reparations, 1946
United States
Name	T35
Renamed	DD-935
Fate	Transferred to France, 1947; stricken 3 October 1952
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 39 torpedo boat
Displacement	1,294 t (1,274 long tons) (standard); 1,754 t (1,726 long tons) (deep load);
Length	102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) o/a
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.22 m (10 ft 7 in)
Installed power	4 × water-tube boilers; 32,000 shp (24,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbine sets;
Speed	33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Range	2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	206
Sensors and ; processing systems	S-Gerät sonar; FuMO 21 radar;
Armament	4 × single 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns; 2 × twin, 2 × single 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns; 1 × quadruple, 2 × twin 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 30–60 mines; 4 × depth charge launchers;

The German torpedo boat T35 was one of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in late 1944, she was assigned to convoy escort duties and supporting German forces in the Baltic. The ship escorted a heavy cruiser in January 1945 as she bombarded Soviet troops and helped to evacuate troops and refugees from advancing Soviet forces in May. T35 was allocated to the United States after the war, but was turned over to the French Navy in 1947 to be used as a source of spare parts. She was stricken from the Navy List in 1952 and subsequently sold for scrap.

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