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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Type_XB_submarine
gptkb:marine
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gptkbp:armament
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6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
2 × 150 mm deck guns
2 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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gptkbp:beam
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9.75 m
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Germaniawerft,_Kiel
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gptkbp:captain
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gptkb:Johann-Heinrich_Fehler
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gptkbp:commissioned
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2 March 1944
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:crewComplement
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48
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gptkbp:displacementSubmerged
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1,841 t
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gptkbp:displacementSurfaced
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1,654 t
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gptkbp:draught
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6.32 m
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gptkbp:fate
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Surrendered to United States
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gptkbp:launched
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23 December 1943
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gptkbp:length
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89.8 m
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gptkbp:maximumSpeed
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16.4 knots
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gptkbp:maximumSpeedSubmerged
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7 knots
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gptkbp:mission
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Transport to Japan
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gptkbp:notableCargo
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technical drawings
uranium oxide
Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter parts
two Japanese officers
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Intercepted_by_USS_Sutton_(DE-771)
Last U-boat to surrender in World War II Atlantic operations
Cargo possibly contributed to Manhattan Project
Carried uranium oxide intended for Japan
Japanese officers committed suicide upon surrender
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:August_Bringewalde
gptkb:Colonel_Genzo_Shosi
gptkb:Dr._Heinz_Schlicke
gptkb:Fritz_Steinhoff
gptkb:General_Ulrich_Kessler
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Hideo_Tomonaga
gptkb:Wolfgang_Hirschfeld
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Kriegsmarine
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gptkbp:propulsion
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gptkb:2_×_MAN_M_9_V_40/46_supercharged_9-cylinder_diesel_engines
2 × SSW GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors
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gptkbp:rangeSubmerged
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108 nmi at 4 knots
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gptkbp:rangeSurfaced
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24,000 nmi at 10 knots
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gptkbp:scrapped
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1947
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gptkbp:surrenderedTo
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gptkb:Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire,_USA
14 May 1945
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gptkbp:yardNumber
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678
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Pu-238
gptkb:German_Navy_(WWII)
gptkb:Axis_ships
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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U-234
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