Unterseeboot 137

During World War I , ''U-137'' was a Mittel U Class Submarine of the Kaiserliche Marine . Her construction was ordered on 27 May 1916 and her keel was laid down by Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig . She was Launched on 16 December 1916 and she was Commissioned on 8 January 1918 . She made no war patrols.

During World War II , ''U-137'' was a Type IID Submarine of the Kriegsmarine . Her keel was laid down 16 November 1939 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel . She was Launched 18 May 1940 and Commissioned on 15 June 1940 with ''Oberleutnant zur See'' Herbert Wohlfahrt in command.

''U-238'' conducted four patrols, sinking six ships totalling 15,469 tons and damaging two others displacing 15,469 tons. Upon Germany's surrender, she was scuttled on 2 May 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven . ''U-137'' never suffered any casualties to her crew.

Another famous submarine with the same designation is the Soviet Whiskey Class Submarine U 137 that on October 27 1981 ran aground just outside Karlskrona in Sweden.

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