SM UB-88
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UB-148 at sea, a U-boat similar to UB-88.
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| Name: | UB-88 |
| Ordered: | 6/8 February 1917[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Cost: | 3,654,000 German Papiermark |
| Yard number: | 104 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1917[2] |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 1918[2] |
| Fate: | surrendered 26 November 1918, sunk as target 1921[2] |
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| Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
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| Length: | 55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
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| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[2] |
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| Operations: | 5 patrols |
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SM UB-88 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 26 January 1918 as SM UB-88.[Note 1]
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Construction
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She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 11 December 1917. UB-88 was commissioned early the next year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Johannes Ries. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-88 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-88 would carry a crew of up to 3 officers and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-88 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.
Service history
UB-88 was surrendered to the United States of America on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany.
After an extensive tour along the U.S. coast, she was sunk as a target on 3 January 1921 in waters off Los Angeles County, California. The wreck of the vessel was found in 2003.[2]
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 2] | Fate[5] |
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| 10 June 1918 | Princess Maud |  United Kingdom |
1,566 | Sunk |
| 10 June 1918 | Dora |  Sweden |
1,555 | Sunk |
| 22 June 1918 | Avance | Sweden |
1,585 | Sunk |
| 23 June 1918 | London | United Kingdom |
1,706 | Sunk |
| 25 June 1918 | African Transport | United Kingdom |
4,482 | Sunk |
| 25 June 1918 | Moorlands | United Kingdom |
3,602 | Sunk |
| 29 June 1918 | Herdis | United Kingdom |
1,157 | Sunk |
| 29 June 1918 | Sixty-six | United Kingdom |
214 | Sunk |
| 30 July 1918 | Bayronto | United Kingdom |
6,045 | Damaged |
| 3 August 1918 | Berwind |  United States |
2,589 | Sunk |
| 3 August 1918 | Lake Portage | United States |
1,998 | Sunk |
| 4 August 1918 | Hundvaagø |  Norway |
1,901 | Sunk |
| 9 August 1918 | Anselma De Larrinaga | United Kingdom |
4,090 | Damaged |
| 16 September 1918 | Philomel | United Kingdom |
3,050 | Sunk |
| 19 September 1918 | Fanny | Sweden |
1,450 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1918 | Polesley | United Kingdom |
4,221 | Sunk |
References
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- ↑ Tonnages are in gross register tons
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