Undersea Boot U-858

U-858

Type

IXC/40

Ordered

5 Jun, 1941

Laid down

11 Dec, 1942

AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1064)

Launched

17 Jun, 1943

Commissioned

30 Sep, 1943

Kptlt. Thilo Bode

Commanders

30 Sep, 1943 - 14 May, 1945

Kptlt. Thilo Bode

Career

3 patrols

30 Sep, 1943 - 30 Apr, 1944  4. Flottille (training)
1 May, 1944 - 30 Sep, 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1944 - 8 May, 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered at Delaware, USA, on 14 May 1945. Scuttled at the end of 1947 after being used for torpedo trials near New England.

Patrols by U-858

See the profile page for U-858

	Commander	Departure		Arrival		Days
1	Kptlt. Thilo Bode	12 Jun, 1944	Kiel	27 Sep, 1944	Farsund	108 days	P	View
	Kptlt. Thilo Bode	28 Sep, 1944	Farsund	29 Sep, 1944	Marviken	2 days
2	Kptlt. Thilo Bode	1 Oct, 1944	Marviken	4 Oct, 1944	Flensburg	4 days	P	View
	Kptlt. Thilo Bode	2 Mar, 1945	Kiel	9 Mar, 1945	Horten	8 days
3	Kptlt. Thilo Bode	11 Mar, 1945	Horten	14 May, 1945	Cape May, New Jersey, USA	65 days	P	View
3 War patrols (P) located. 177 days at sea during patrols (187 days at sea overall). War patrols are shown with grey background. Tons indicate tonnage of ships sunk or damaged during the patrol, if any. Warships are included.

Attacks on this boat

19 Sep, 1944
The boat was hit and damaged by an unknown Allied aircraft but reached base at Flensburg on Oct 4. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 643)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

General notes on this boat

14 May, 1945. U-858 was originally docked near Fort Miles, Delaware, where the crew were held, and then she was taken up to the Philadelphia Naval Yard. She was also the first German warship to surrender to U.S. forces.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-858 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

Emblem entry for U-858

Emblem	Description
	U-858 emblem is a composite of two words. The tree is a spruce-in German "Tanne". The "S" superimposed on the tree is for Sanne. Thilo Bode married Stephanie Sanne in October 1943. His father-in-law, her father, was Lieutenant General Werner Sanne, Commander of the 100th Light Infantry Division in Stalingrad under Paulus.
Prisoners of War held at Camp Atterbury 14 1 U Flottilla Grass, Helmut 4C-54-NA 2/13/1924 Ogefr 33 U.Flot U 858 5/9/1945 German 609
http://www.uboat.net/boats/u858.htm
POWs held at Camp Atterbury 14 1 U Flottilla Grass, Helmut 4C-54-NA 2/13/1924 Ogefr 33 U.Flot U 858 5/9/1945 German 609 14 1 U Folttilla Heine, Hermann 4C-53-NA 5/15/1921 Ogefr 33 U Flotilla U 858 5/9/1945 German 609 14 1 U Folttilla Pieprzyk, Bruno 4C-6-NA 8/22/1922 Ogefr 33 U Flot U 858 5/9/1945 German 609
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