German submarine U-777

U-Boat Infobox
type=VIIC| fieldpost number=M 17 108
yard number=160
order date=20 January 1941
keel laid=5 June 1943
launch=25 March 1944
commission=9 May 1944| yard=Kriegsmarine-Werft, Wilhelmshaven
U_Boat Command
startdate=9 May 1944| enddate=15 October 1944
name=OL Günter Ruperti| U_Boat Command| startdate=
enddate=
name=
U_Boat Sink
type=Type of Ship Sunk
total=Number of Ships Sunk
tonnage=Gross Registered Tonnage
U_Boat Sink
type=Commercial Vessels
total=0
tonnage=0.00 GRT
U_Boat Sink
type=Military Vessels
total=0
tonnage=0.00 GRT

"U-777" was a German Type VIIC submarine built in World War II.

Career

"U-777" was launched on 25 March 1944, and commissioned on 9 May, by its sole commander, Oberleutnant Günter Ruperti. It underwent training with 31.U-Flottille, but did not participate in any patrols during its five-month career of active service. It was destroyed at 20:02 hours on the night of 15/16 October 1944, during a British air raid on Wilhelmshaven, Germany, at position coord|53|51|N|08|10|E|display=inline,title. One crewman was killed. ["U-Boat Operations of the Second World War, Volume 2: Career Histories, U511-UIT25"]

Crew

*Lt.z.S Erich Gebauer (1921 - 8 March 1996)
*MechGfr Harry Gemeinhardt (11 November 1925 - 29 May 1944)
*OStrm Marcel Geyer (Birth and death unknown)
*Lt.ing Paul Hausen (Birth and death unknown)
*Lt.z.S Fritz Hofmann (Birth and death unknown)
*KpLt Günter Ruperti (7 July 1914 - death date unknown)
*OStrm Engelbert Ulbrich (Birth and death unknown)

Other notes

*Despite the fact that many other U-boats lost men due to accident, disease and various other causes, the crew of U-777 did not suffer any casualties until she was destroyed and was sunk.
*The commander of the ship, Günter Ruperti, also commanded U-3039 during World War II, by which time he had been promoted to Kapitänleutnant. He commanded "U-3039" from March 1945 to May 1945, taking up his post only about 5 months after U-777 was sunk.

Notes

ee also

*List of U-boats
*Kriegsmarine

References

* [http://uboat.net/boats/u777.htm U-777] from uboat.net
* [http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=777 U-777] from ubootwaffe.net
* U-Boat Operations of the Second World War, Volume 2: Career Histories, U511-UIT25