German submarine U-858 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 5 June 1941, laid down on 11 December 1942 and launched on 17 June 1943. She had one commander for her two patrols, Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode.

U-858 was searching for the disabled U-867 when she was attacked with seven depth charges. Evading the attack by a sharp turn to port the boat crash dived and was attacked with another depth charge shortly after diving, but escaped with minor damage.

U 858 war ein von der Kriegsmarine im Zweiten Weltkrieg eingesetztes U-Boot vom Typ IX C/40. Das U-Boot konnte keine Schiffe versenken oder beschädigen und wurde am 14. Mai 1945 – nach der Kapitulation der Wehrmacht – vor Cape Henlopen (Delaware) der US Navy übergeben.

1945: May 10-14: Surrender of German U-boat, U-858. German (Type IXC) U-boat, U-858, surrendered to Allied forces on May 14, 1945, at Lewes, Delaware. She surrendered earlier at sea four...

2023年3月17日 · The surrender of U-858, a 252-foot-long type IXC/40 sub, unfolded in rolling seas as the destroyers USS Pillsbury and USS Pope took possession. Above them, a pair of U.S. Navy dirigibles circled like turkey vultures sizing up a dying possum. Victory in Europe Day had been declared two days earlier.

2001年9月1日 · U-858 was the first Nazi submarine to surrender to the United States Navy after the cessation of hostilities with Germany in May of 1945. And the surrender took place about forty miles off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey.

U-858 was brought to anchor at Cape Henlopen, Delaware and later moved to the Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Click the icons to view the associated records Naval messages concerning the surrender of U-858

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

U 858 kapitulierte am 10.05.1945, im Nordatlantik, vor dem amerikanischen Zerstörer USS Pillsbury (DE-133) (Lt.Comdr. George-Washington Cassleman) und lief anschließend in Cape May (USA) ein. Das Boot wurde nach der Kapitulation, im August 1945, amerikanische Beute.

2015年2月1日 · U-858 became a celebrated prize of war in the United States. She was taken to Fort Miles, Delaware, where Bode officially surrendered his command to the United States Navy in a ceremony that has subsequently been recreated on the event’s anniversary by …