German submarine U-539
GERMAN WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE
Unterseeboot 539; German submarine U 539; German submarine U539; U-539; U 539; U539
German submarine U-539 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 8 May 1942 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as yard number 360, launched on 4 December 1942, and commissioned on 24 February 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden.