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DWF 505 Entered in

In the [?] Register of Publications
Under serial number 200
Construction Training U-Boats
Germania Yard, Hamburg

[formerly] Secret [subsequently declassified]

Guide for U-Boat Officers Concerning New U-Boat Orders for the
Frontline.

Contents:

A. U-boats, New Construction Orders, Equipping, Commissioning.

B. UAC [U-boat Acceptance Commission] - Test Run.
C. U-Training Flotilla.
D. Tactical Front Training Flotilla.
E. Communications Intelligence Groups.
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A. U-boat New Orders, Equipping, Commissioning.

I. Command of the crew.

II. Training goals up to commissioning.
III. Yard Test Runs.
IV. Equipping newly constructed U-Boats.
V. Commissioning
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A. U-boat new orders, equipping, commissioning.

During training for the U-Boats under construction, the equipping,

and all preparations up to the commissioning of the boats will
continue up to the bill of exchange to the C-in-C U-Boats
[Commander-in-Chief U-Boats] Baltic Sea and North Sea. Until this
time, command of the crew is under the leader of the construction
training.

I. Command of the Crew.

1) Officers command stations O and N urgently request C-in-C U-

Boats Org.-:

12 weeks before commissioning: Chief Engineering Officer

4 weeks before commissioning: Command Watch Officer

2) Petty Officers and crew command personnel bureau for U-Boats at

the request of the Construction Training:

12 weeks before commissioning: Chief Petty Officer Specialist II

8 weeks before commissioning: Petty Officers Specialists II and
VII T
6 weeks before commissioning: Crew Specialists II and VII T
4 weeks before commissioning: Remainder of the crew
Every crewmember is included in a frontline U-Boat war cruise.

3) Every construction training U-Boat is a company unit. The

company chief is the Director of Construction Training. A
recording officer is always in attendance for all construction
training with the commanding officer.

4) For the Construction Training commanding officers discipline

comes immediately under the Superior Force Command for the
training company. Dispatches by the Yard Head concerning the
arrival and departure visits for replacement (commander and chief
engineering officers).
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5) All military affairs, as well as billeting and rationing for

the construction training command petty officers and crew up to
the commissioning of the boats, will be the responsibility of the
construction training company, on behalf of the high command. The
business rooms and the teaching areas for the construction
training will both be found in a special building for the
construction training on the grounds of the Building Yard.

6) Taking command of the crew of the front flotilla follows the

occasion of the construction training company commissioning day,
by the personnel bureau of U-boats.

7) Commissioning announcements by OKM [Navy High Command], Fleet,

Station Command, C-in-C U-boats and the rest of the marine
services go through the construction training group U-Boats Baltic
Sea and North Sea. This announcement comes at the same time as
Command Completion Training for officers who will step up to the
front flotilla, with Commissioning Day.
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II. Educational Goals of Construction Training.

1) The training of every U-Boat crew follows on to assignment

allotment for the Construction Training Group U-Boats Baltic Sea
and North Sea (see Standing Order of the Construction Training
Group.).

2) The Training Plan is set to a daily schedule, with theoretical

lessons through to practical lessons on board, to handling
exercises in all aspects of shipbuilding, machine works, and
electrical matters for each successive boat type. On hand are the
different building systems offered for each series of boats known
to all individuals involved in construction of the boats and the
exhaustive study of their installation. The daily practical
construction training is carried out during the Yard Work Pause,
in addition through longer service after Yard Work closing in the
last 3 weeks before commissioning. During the work time period the
stepping up of new boat building will progress only with the
addition of new officers and non commissioned officers. On board
training throughout the work period is at the highest strength
from 1 U.O. 4 man (Turn to Groups) only upon an agreement with the
Yard to proceed. During construction limited space within the boat
must be taken into consideration.

Goals of the training are:

a) Precise knowledge of the boats through complete on board
training.
b) Special knowledge of all fittings for the dive - and watch
stations through rotating forward personnel.
c) Undertaking the supervision of diving preparations.
d) Knowledge of alarm procedures, conduct of the crew during
underwater cruise.
e) Knowledge and preparedness for dealing with obstructions
through lectures by U-Boat combat veterans.
f) Drilling on external communications for replacing of machine
components, for the steering - and hydroplanes, startup and close
down of systems components (Main- and auxiliary machinery. G.H.G.
[Group Listening Apparatus], U.T. [Underwater Telegraphy], S.
[Special System USW]).
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g) Secure locating of the fixed built in and maneuverable escape -

and safety features in the event of losing lights.
h) Knowledge of the general military situation and daily political
events.

For military service and armed services it is necessary to

experience real situations. Where possible, passing the entire
crew through the dive pot [Live Training Exercises] must be
executed.

3) Responsibility for the execution of training plans is the

leaders of the construction training, shortly before
commissioning, the training course for the crew will be taken
through a practical instruction cruise by the lead instructor.

4) Instruction leader for the entire crew is continuous through

the years. The crew participates in the following lessons:
a) Central Group
b) Diesel Engine Group
c) E motor Group
d) Torpedo Group
e) See mine group
f) Radio Group

As group leaders, the commanding petty officers have

responsibility for dividing instructions between lead instructors.
For execution of the on board practical instruction training,
there are additional standing training personnel including a chief
petty officer and 2nd petty officer Lfb.II [Laufbahn II Career
Path Two] in each construction training company in accordance with
command.

5) The instruction material is the functional model for

construction training groups for U-Boats active in the Baltic Sea
and North Sea and in every construction course available teaching
aide and written material.
It includes:

Secret Register.
a) U-Boat intelligence
b) Machinery and electronic intelligence
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c) Weapons descriptions (requisition for construction training

with registration for each U-Boat). N.F.D. - Instruction material:
a) Descriptions and written operations.
b) Schematic plans [D.E.] Diesel engine and E motor (large
instruction Plans). Schematic tables D.E. and E motor (middle
format schematic books D.E. and E motor pocket format on board
ship.)
c) Delivery instructions (partially and complete illustration
material).
d) Necessary tools, equipment.

Official:
Public and secret construction training file command.
Public and secret construction training file chief engineering
officer.
Secret file war cruise, code [section] machine.

6) The captain has oversight to assure that the chief engineering

officer and first watch officer carry out their responsibilities
for the training of all crew members. Roll plans are separate and
different for each boat type.

7) Special practice command management:

a) Construction training company for commander and watch officer
and seamen personnel with T.S. for the instructions about the
torpedo firing system, in case of requirements by UAS [Anti-
Submarine School] fall within the instructions for the S. - system.

b) Construction training group U-Boats Baltic and North seas for

the chief engineering officer and petty officers Lfb. II for the
head of the training company responsible for machinery and
electrical systems, for the UAK [U-Boat Acceptance Commission] and
extension flotillas for the onboard training on boats which are
already placed in service.
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III. Yard Test Run

1) Test run program is set for every boat from the building yard
during construction training. During construction and with the
test runs, corrections may be made to particular fixtures that are
superior to the firms original installations at the yard
according to the construction training chief.

2) The launching for each boat type occurs approximately 6 to 8

weeks before commissioning with main machinery installation
completed by the time of the construction training company dock
visit.

3) Yard trim examination occurs approximately 3 weeks before

commissioning. This takes place outside the building yard under
supervision of the U-Boat Acceptance Commission Chief of
Construction Training, Commander, Chief Engineering Officer and
Central Machinist.

4) Yard test run occurs 2 to 4 weeks before commissioning, taking

place outside the construction yard under the supervision of:
Chief of Construction Training, Commander, Lead Engineer, First
Watch Officer, Section Petty Officer, Bridge watch. Radio Watch
and M. G/ C 30-[machine gun?] instruction under the supervision of
the Chief of the Construction training for possible security trial
runs. Navy Yard representatives request firing of M. G/C 30.
Flotilla and blockade management for test running, as well as
passage through dangerous waters is charged to the construction
training group for U-Boats Baltic and North Seas for every newly
constructed boat, the deployment license is confirmed following
this. The deployment certification is in every case, with the
exception of the Eastern Baltic sea, delayed. Responsibility for
navigation is the Yard captains, departmental operation
the commandants.

5) The full power acceptance trial run, from the beginning through
to the final run before close out of commissioning, through
construction inspection by the U-Boat Acceptance Commission and
construction training by the High Command occurs, 1 to 2 weeks
before the commissioning instead of participation and security
test runs as stated in
sequence Nr.4.
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All defects found are still rectified by the test running of the
full power acceptance trial run, through the U-Boat Acceptance
Commission or the Yard, and yard repairs are included as part of
the combined repair list. The construction yard is obligated to
handle the adjustments before commissioning. The intended
commissioning terms should hereby be influenced only in
exceptional cases. According to satisfactory handling of the
repairs, acceptance of the adjustment list is provisional with the
acceptance by the U-Boat Acceptance Commission, with reservations
for the acceptance by the High Commands decision.

6) The last interior painting of the boats occurs generally right

before the high speed acceptance trial. During this time no one
may enter.
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IV. Outfitting the newly constructed U-Boats

1) Every newly constructed U-Boat is maintained by "steady order"

from the construction training group U-Boats Baltic Sea and North
Sea in each construction training until ordered deployed. The Head
Flotilla should from hereon be relieved. Equal time must be
allowed for the yard test runs so that it is cleared for the U-
Boat Acceptance Commission before commissioning. Transitioning to
the U-Boat Acceptance Group, and transferring over to other
locations must involve crossing seas, which lay within the exact
radius of action for air and sea forces, therefore diving
maneuvers may be carried out. The boats have 3 days after
commissioning to drill the crew before transfer to the front
occurs.

Responsibility for the transfer cruise is with the construction

training command sailors throughout the entire scope of the
operation.

2) All Instruments are installed at the building yard for the

handing over:
a) Boatswain Section (2 cars), shipment Navy Yard and Construction
Yard.
b) Machinery- Section Diesel and Electric (1 car), shipment Navy
Yard and Construction Yard.
c) Torpedo- Section, shipment Torpedo Test Establishment, Navy
Yard and Construction Yard.
d) Articles- Section, shipment Navy Yard.
e) Wireless radio Section, shipment Navy Yard (After Evaluation of
the system: Evaluation Electronics Commission)
f) Helm Machinery- Section, shipment Navy Yard and construction
Yard.

3) Auxiliary Materials are the responsibility of the section for

general Auxiliary Materials as required by the Construction
Training Groups U-Boats Baltic and North Seas (Administrator)
directorate and by the standing order of the Navy Yard for handing
over.

4) Public, Restricted, Secret- and Secret Command Documents-

Printed Text, - Maps and other matters normally printed for the
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construction training for the respective boat from the station

D.V. and Navy Yard. Torpedo and Navigation Department; the
Technical Regulation Directorate supply the original yards
(Deschimag and Germania Yard), hand over to the new construction
yards and on to the boats. On delivery, the recording officers for
the boats, who until before commissioning lays down records
concerning this in the book catalog and log books.

5) Of special importance, since the beginning of the war, a decree

organizing general military and technical methods for the Navy
High Command, for the Commander-in-Chief, for the C in C U-Boats
from the construction training groups U-Boats Baltic and North
Seas, in a compounded file has been forwarded to the following
(posted) collectively: the newly built U-Boats with boat records
maintained throughout the construction training :
a and b) Public and secret boat files concerning the Construction
Training Commandant.
c and d) Public and secret boat files concerning Construction
Training Chief Engineer.
e) General Command Document Boat Files Construction Training
f) Guide: Personal Background of the U-Boats up to the front line
levels.
g) Guide: Rapid Training of U-Boats
h) Special War Patrol Cipher Machine.
The Records notebook a g comes with commissioning concluding and
unchanged components for the book files. These are handed over by
the flotilla complete during continuing correspondence. (Public
and secret hand files Commandant and Chief Engineer Flotilla
Orders, Secret Command Documents. Boat Files Flotilla),

6) The concise report is taken after the last internal examination.

Take over of the equipment, auxiliary material, and printed
material is compiled by section over 2 days. Stowage is immediate
in planned places, so that by the test run or transfer cruise it
does not lay in the way.

7) After the decisive report a military watch is set in place.

8) Artillery and fuses are soon after commissioning transferred; a

first production Machine Gun/C 30-, Signal, and E.S.N. munitions
for security of the run- and transfer cruise follows through the
construction training.
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V. Commissioning

1) The commissioning takes place at the building yard.

2) Each boat is laid over, so that its commissioning will be

given with military ceremony. In the event of possible
difficulties with the military festivities (generally with lots of
food, visiting U-Boat monuments or special memorials) as decreed
this will take place in the middle of the ceremony.

3) It stands to orders, that the members of the boats (from the

U.B. ... U.C. ...) only present at the commissioning place during
the ceremony should take part. Officers of the old boats
accessible and available for the commissioning ceremony take part,
in each case the individual commissioning terms are to be
announced. On discharging of the old crew, senior crew and
representatives from other units. Naval High Command sub division
B. Nr. A I Z 15261/40 secret and A IV Z 1501/39 in the secret
Construction Training File Commandant [illegible] 15/46 (Const.
Traing. Gr. U-Boats East B. Nr. G 1705/40)

4) The means for invitation for yard members is through the yard
head. The yard reviews the members of the old boats and the on
board old staff of old boats.

5) For the commissioning the propaganda company are present with

film and photo equipment. Single flotillas have a flotilla
photograph.

6) For urgent transfer run through dangerous hostile waters U.A.G.

representatives follow through diving training (3 days time).
Flotilla and barrage head for construction training groups U-Boats
Baltic Sea and North Sea. Before transfer to the U-Boat Acceptance
Commission Test Run demagnetization of North Sea U-Boats in
Brunsbuttel, Baltic Sea boats in Kiel.
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7) The written commissioning announcement for all marine service

places follows the given command for the Construction Training
Group positions. At commissioning the construction number is no
longer given, only the boat number is used. Field post numbers
will be distributed by the Commander-in-Chief U-Boats
Organization before commissioning with the construction training.
Use of this is authorized through the boat command from the first
day of the commissioning.

8) With commissioning the boat is stepped up to its Front Flotilla

and placed under their discipline and administration. Through the
execution of the test run the U-Boat Acceptance Commission has
completed its thorough going over.

Anl. 3 to Construction Training U-Boats Germania Yard, B-Nr.

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B. A.A.C. [U-Boat Acceptance Commission] Test Runs.

Entry Remarks:
Part B- A.A.C.- Test Runs the next, which will be held in Kiel,
Danzig and Gotenhafen. Should the site for test runs be altered,
it is mandatory that the other places are selected and
correspondence of the orders carried out for the respective
circumstances.

Contents:
I. Organization of the U.A.C.
II. Minor - and major considerations.
III. Purpose, duration and transference to the Test Run.
IV. General arrangement (Report, Security Measures single and
continual, march across the sea).
VI. Accommodation of the crew in Kiel, Danzig and Gotenhafen.
VII. Embarking of the U-Boat.
VIII. Final adjustments, overhauling, requirements of the systems
and auxiliary materials.
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1. Organization of the U.A.C.

The Submarine Acceptance Commission (U.A.C.) is placed under the

military E.K.K. [Test Run Commission for New Ships: TRCNS]. All
test run affairs are reported directly to the U.A.C. by Navy High
Command orders.

The U.A.C. is made up of staff which is based in Kiel, and

quartered in a U-boat tender theAcheron and 6 submarine
acceptance groups (U.A.G.). The U.A.G. 1,3 and 5 have their base
in Danzig, and are housed aboard the Messina and Iberia. U.A.G.
2,4 and 6 are based in Kiel and are housed aboard the Amazone.
Chief of the U.A.C. is a Senior Captain.

The staff of the U.A.C. is based together with his staff officers
and staff members, the required officers, upper and middle
construction officials for the ship and machine construction and
the corresponding lower staff.

Every U.A.G. is passed by the head, the 1. Military advisor,

higher construction office for ship and machine construction and
the required lower staff.
The U.A.C. is the superior service of the U.A.G.s. All total
corresponding matters from the U.A.G.s pass through the U.A.C.

In Danzig the head of the U.A.G. is the permanent representative

of the chiefs of the U.A.C. He is the head of groups 3 and 5 over
which all military and important test run issues are reviewed.

The U.A.G. leader for the transfer and test runs for the boats and
through to the administration of the yard trim investigation parts,
has the ability to reach all personnel of the U.A.G.s, but does
not have as far a reach as that of the U.A.C. personnel.
The U.A.C. has the administrative authority.
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II. Subordinate and Superior Divisions.

1) The location for U-Boat test runs are the chief of the Test Run
Commission for New Ships authority. The personnel and disciplinary
concerns of the U-Boats remain under the authority of the Flotilla
Chief on duty.

2) The chief of the U.A.C and his authority over the newly built
U-Boats and with them their respective crews is opposite the
authority by orders of the Chiefs of the T.R.C.N.S. Cipher II 1
regarding boats which the chief of the T.R.C.N.S. himself is in
charge of. He is for the duration of the test runs superior to the
commanders and their crews found aboard U-Boats engaged in test
running.

3) The staff officers and their staffs have equal authority

according to Cipher II 1 and 2.

4) The head of the U-Boat Acceptance Groups are likewise in

authority in accordance with Cipher II 1 and 2 and are for the
duration of the occupied time of the test run superior to the
commanders and the crews of the respective test running U-Boats.

5) The Engineering Officer and his staff of the U.A.C. and the
first military advisor of the U-Boat Acceptance Groups are
superior to the Chief Engineer and the technical personnel for the
test run aboard the awaiting new U-Boats so as to be able to
oversee the technical workings of the machine personnel and the
handling of the technical apparatus.

6) Announcements for the commissioning of Boats:

a) in Kiel:Commandant: with the Chief of the U.A.C.
with the Staff Officers with staff from the U.A.C.
L.J.: with the Staff Officers with staff from the U.A.C.
Cmdr. And L.J. with Commander-in-Chief U-Boats Organization and
Navy.

b) in Danzig:
Commandant: with Chief of the U.A.C. I
L.J.: with first military advisor for the U-Boat Acceptance Group
I

Higher objectives of the Construction bureau regulations according

to Navy High Command Book 6 Section b.
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III. Objectives, duration, and realization of the Test Runs.

1.) Objectives of the Test Run are to strengthen the boat in all
areas for front line action. Determined deficiencies should be
noted and targeted for improvement by completion. Further service
during the Test Run is to provide equal time for training the crew
and support, through this, for the personnel, the boat and
familiarization with its specialized equipment so as to build
thorough trust in the boat..

2.) The Test Run Divisions begin in general after the order given
by the Commander-in-Chief U-Boats Org.- Boat number G 2715 M v.
30.3.40 and C-in-C _Boats Org.-B.Nr. G 6672 M from the 29.4.41
setting training time from 3 days for North Sea boats, 2 days for
Baltic Sea boats with the arrival of the boats and the
announcement by the commanders within the U.A.C and concluding
with the day, the test runs are completed and transfers to the
front flotillas are given. The orders for the Test Run Divisions
are decreed by U.A.C from the Naval high Command. Likewise at the
beginning of the 1 year guarantee at this time applications by the
U.A.C. are approved by the Navy High Command. In general it is
feasible to complete normal test runs in series:
For type IX = 30 days, for type VII B and C = 28 days, for type II
D = 21 days. For test runs of type boats the corresponding times
are demanded.

3.) The transfer following the test runs is set by the Navy High
Command by type with respect to test run series plans for the
respective boat types. These follow in sections:
1. Section in Kiel
2. Section in Danzig and Gotenhafen.
Included in 1. Section is completed with the test run, which can
be performed in Kiel Harbor. It includes these: Provisional and
final trim test, test operation of the communication system by the
Navy Yard Kiel, Communications [Electronics] Command and
Communications Test Command, test run of the ship and engine
construction auxiliary adjustments, test of the fuel oil and motor
[electric motor] assembly, test of the torpedo tubes with model
torpedoes and mines.
Included in 2. Section including the Danzig transfer cruise:
Mileage cruise, anchor maneuvers, Engine maneuvers (gyrocompass
and rotation limits) and diving and travel with and without
negative buoyancy, density test, listening apparatus test.
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The test operation for torpedo re-enforcement is through the

Torpedo Test Command [T.E.K.] located in Gotenhafen.
The cruise from Kiel to the east (Danzig or Gotenhafen) is to take
advantage of the eight hour full speed test run on the Diesel
engines. Here is also found the fuel oil and motor oil consumable
materials. For the course to the east and the eight hour full
speed test run the following orders are to be taken into
consideration:
By surface water travel the under sections of the boats are to be
used for instruction in the complete pressure sealing of the for
and aft diving cells:
1) With each cruise and in every possible weather situation the
forward hydroplanes for each type boat are to be positioned at 7
over normal respectively. At higher variable speeds the aft
hydroplanes 2 to 4 over the horizontal.

2) The gear knobs for the hydroplanes are set opposite the
intended operational position for secure operation. (Security is
preeminent).

3) Bridge watch and the control room watch are specific in their
positioning to their view over the boat. In the control room the
depth gauge, buoyancy indicator and hydroplane indicator are
visible to over sight. Rake of the boat by more than 1 to the
forward, is performed by the central diving cell with air pressure
blowing. The blowing, when nothing special is noted, all must be
completed in 2 hours.
If the dive planes become disabled, it may nevertheless, even in
the event of bad weather, be the case that they have gradually
overheated under the influence of excessive operational load. With
closure of the watertight bow and when the for diving cell is
fully flooded, the for hydroplane operation is not hindered.
The adjustment of the exact mass during travel may be done with an
open damper valve, water tight stern and water tight bow, the
degree of buoyancy b and from flattened water. During travel
with an open damper valve, water tight stern and water tight bow
is from time to time made possible through the external forward
diving cell being cleared with air pressure blowing.
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For the eight hour full speed test run it is ordered to:

1) Damper valve, watertight stern, watertight bow to.

2) Forward diving cell executes minimum hourly air pressure

blowing. So the full speed test run makes the most of the transfer
cruise, it is mandatory that the bridge and control room watch pay
the highest possible attention to details.
The undertaking of the 2nd section must emphasize especially the
preparation for action in war zones. Should such action zones
change, then the test runs will all continue with transfer to the
western Baltic sea (Eckernford Bay).
The U.A.C and U. A. Groups in Danzig decree for every day and
every boat an order, which is taken, regarding test run intentions
and which preparations and special increments the boat commanders
must undertake.
No boat shall be allowed to undertake diving exercises by it self
before being approved to do so by the U.A.C.
During the course of the test running all servicing is through M,
C-in-C U-Boats, and flotillas issue the orders and instructions.
For U.A.C. matters the corresponding arrangements are within the
Standing Orders of the U.A.C.
That the U.A.C. of the Navy High Command opposes responsibility
for all deficiencies, failures, defects, and damage known and
removed, are all the extent of its concerns, for as long as there
are negligible methods, which will be announced by the U.A.G.
The commander assumes during the test run, and the test cruise,
the complete responsibility for the control and security of the U-
Boats. He has during duration of the transfer cruise and the under
sea warfare test run the essential personnel necessary for the
cruise to reach the ordered position.
The Chief of the U.A.C. or the head of the U.A.G. can during the
test run assess the commanders of the recalled U-Boats and along
with that the complete responsibility for the security of the U-
Boat operations.
The Chief Engineer has the entire responsibility for the control
of the mechanical drive and the transfer cruises issued written
precautions.
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The Staff Officer and his staff or the Engineering Officer and his
staff or the first Military Advisor of the U.A.G. can direct the
dive to depth, and the head, and therefore the entire
responsibility for the security of the test run machinery is found
with them, as well as electrical equipment and submersion
equipment.
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Precautions:
For the test run to be effective the recorded Precautionary
Regulations may be found in the Diving Regulations of the C-in-C
U-Boats with the flotilla.
Throughout the contents it is ordered:
a) that it continues to be standard during every undersea cruise,
as a matter of principle, that the periscope will continuously
display a red flag, so as to make it easier while cruising
through foreign waters, and to allow the U-Boats to remain and
proceed with training.
b) New to the U.A.C. passing alone (without the U.A.G. on board)
U-Boats can not dive, before the chief of the U.A.C. gives the
permission to do so. The first dive will be basic throughout the
U.A.G. transfer cruise. Diving without instruction from a
Precautionary Course Certificate is for the duration of the war
forbidden.
c) While performing diving maneuvers near the harbor area, it is
fundamental for the commander to maintain observation through the
periscope, and to keep it in hand, throughout the course of the
transfer cruise, when the boat is not taken over from an office of
the U.A.C.
d) Every dive is reported from a secure area. While test running
with longer dive times with the longest for up to 2 hours a report
between dives is given.
e) Boats in the Test Run portion will perform and be tested in
maneuvers, and with further maneuvers, special attention may call
for an experienced NCO to supervise the post of engine room
telegraph. The Chief Engineer will keep his ears closed in the
engine room.

3) With every entry and exit the appropriate regulation is used to

note the path, communications traffic is similarly noted exactly.
Before each exit the boat commander must him self make sure that
the exit path is clear through questioning the appropriate coastal
authority (harbormaster). The same goes for travel within Kiel
harbor, especially after air attack. Exiting and entry
announcements by station O and coastal authority orders in the
western Baltic Sea stand untouched according to the U.A.C.
corresponding announcement
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that boat commanders may pass by the blockade watch vessels.

4.) Cruise over sea (from the shipyard to Kiel, from Kiel to
Danzig or Gotenhafen) is allowed only under escort. For the march
from Kiel to Danzig or Gotenhafen the following occurs: from Kiel
the light vessel goes out daily at sunrise, and 1 half hour before
sunrise a light escort from Kiel departs. For the march to the
east the U-Boat must also depart by sunrise and 1 half hour before
sunrise in Kiel a light escort stands and sets sail from there as
escort until reaching the blockade, it is necessary that this
continues. Then they may proceed to the east. Escort ships become
equipped to act correspondingly as either a steamer or a fishing
trawler. Recorded signals of the escort ships:
The steamer sets pennant 8, as the international fishing trawler
signal Z under a ball, selecting fishing trawler tug apparatus.
Announcements to the escort by coastal authorities in the western
Baltic Sea occur through the U.A.C.
Generally it applies: before each exit the commander and the 1st
Officer of the boats corresponding to orders by the Chief of the
U.A.C. or staff officer connected to his staff. It is put into
destination place immediately through announcement by telegraph
from the U.A.C.
If necessary alternatively in the escort system the U-Boats will
be given orders on a case by case practice by the U.A.C.
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V. Berthing places in Kiel, Danzig and Gotenhafen.

1.) In Kiel lying in for the test run for U-Boats is generally
found at the Blucher bridge or in the Wik on the Tirpitz jetty.
The distribution of the berthing places is regulated by the U.A.C.
After the division of berthing places is made possible, the boats
are berthed close to each other as precaution against air attack.
For the boats that must enter the yard, inquiry from the yard
concerned must be placed through the U.A.C. or the U. A.G. to
prepare berthing places.

2.) In Danzig berthing the U-Boats takes place at the berthing

place in Holm, the U.A.C. issues the order where the birthing
places are located. Sharing the regulations with the U.A.G.I. for
the berthing places in the yard falls upon the U.A.G. I.

3.) In Gotenhafen during the Torpedo Testing Commands [TTC]- Test

Runs the boats are berthed at the Torpedo Test Establishment
[TVA]- Bridge. Assignment of the berthing places comes through the
TTC. For the duration of the war there will be special precautions
put into action for protection against air attack.
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VI. Accommodation of the Crews in Kiel, Danzig and Gotenhafen.

1.) In Kiel the crews from the U-Boats berthed at the Blucher
Bridge are accommodated aboard the quarter ship &#Amazon. The
crews from the boats to be berthed at the Wik reside on the
quarter and escort vessel located at the flotilla place. The
accommodation overload from the U-Boat personnel (Construction
Training and other boats) destined for the quarter ship Amazon
is normally high and quartering aboard is undesirable. These
personnel must locate separate quarters aboard vessels in the Wik.
For on time booking these soldiers at the main base Kiel consult
their respective construction training commands for that
jurisdiction. (Berthing for Amazon is handled by the quarter
ships officers).

2.) In Danzig the berthing is operated by the quarter vessel

Iberia and the escort ship Messina. Here overbooked personnel
can find quarters. Jurisdiction for quartering questions: Head of
the U.A.G. I.

3.) During the TTC-test runs in Gotenhafen locations for berthing

the crews on a quarter ship are ordered, By the authority of the
Anti-Submarine School [UAS]. Jurisdiction is the TTC.
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VII. Embarking on the U-Boat.

Should foreign persons (U.A.C. and U.A.G., other service members,

civilians) embark on a U-Boat, it is by the orders of the U.A.C.
that this be brought to the U.A.C. awareness in good time. The
purpose for this is to make up for the loss of crew rations
consumed which is of concern to the flotilla, and to make certain
this is known aboard the boat, as required from the U.A.C. By this,
it can be made certain which members of the U.A.C. and U.A.G. had
taken part in onboard commissioning.
For the regulations for the disembarking service persons and other
service personnel and civilians are made for the concerns of the
boat commander.
Persons, whom are not taking part in troop rationing, also must
carry a rationing card, and it is necessary for the commissioning
ceremony to be given a corresponding rationing card.
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VII. Final Adjustments, Commissioning Work, Requisitions for

Auxiliary Materials.

1.) Final Adjustments and Commissioning Work.

Principals for the management of final adjustments on newly
commissioned U-Boats during the Test Run Period.
The first time inspection of the boats in all sections through the
U.A.C. finds front line destined boats at the dock side inspection
along side the final inspection cruise place.
In cases where identification of the final adjustments are made
for boats put in dry dock upon returning from a war cruise, it is
essential that knowledge gained about small alterations and
improvements are identified, and their proper execution
implemented in new boats, before the commissioning by the
Superintendent of Shipbuilding. This takes place at the combined
conference with the construction training and the building yard
personnel including the U.A.C. After this the new boats acceptance
is announced.
Major adjustments for the concerned boat types are done through
Navy High Command orders and the carrying out of as well the final
inspection through the U.A.C. assessment, and the appointment of
its final posting.
To whom command of the Acceptance Test Run opportunity is given,
and with it, taking part in the conference concerning needs and
fulfilling them, will be assigned. The latter will occur, so far
as it is considered functional.
During the test run time in Kiel and Danzig the path is
continuously being worked out, as is guaranteed by the building
yard to and from the guarantee personnel - when necessary under
the aid of a place available as a work shop - or yard - in order
to finish the testing.
As for the commanders whom are identified early to participate in
the runs this can be made by the U.A.C. and in Danzig by the U.A.G.
Completion points for building are in a register, so to complete
ship building and machinery construction, construction rate times
must be doubled to pass.
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In special urgent cases, where a U.A.G. is not within reach, the

U-Boat commander places an order for an exceptional temporary
provisional job order with the note from regular job order
sequence, announced by the U.A.G., which places the regular
orders and continues with the sequence provisional job order
prepared for placement.
The provisional job orders are from the commanders and in only
special cases may be underwritten by other officers from the
involved boats.
Personal desires of the individual commander must therefore in the
interest of the relieved from all positions be continuously
stepped back. It is not conventional, that for example,
installation of fixtures and groupings for the command system on
each boat be necessarily implemented differently. Defects out of
being run aground from war patrols must be announced by the
flotilla and for each boat type, it is essential that they be
weeded out in cooperation with the maintenance location.
By completion of the test run in Danzig the U.A.G issues closing
comments with the commander of the U.A.C., a connected repair list
which consists of left over points, these are based as well with
the U.A.C. with the series plan sent over to finish the work of
the final inspection taken up from the Kiel test run. This list is
issued for all boat commanders.
From this list it will then be made absolutely clear, for the boat
commanders, which final adjustments must be performed, which are
to be checked out through the U.A.C. obligating the necessary job
orders to the construction yards and the relevant navy yard, to be
completed by the time of the next final adjustment and yard time.
So it becomes likewise for the relevant flotilla and for the boats
of the 2. U Flotilla supplied by the construction training group
North Sea.
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Results of the examination by the U.A.G. are finalized in a final

adjustment list through the U.A.C. including modifications, so it
comes to the boat commanders through communication from the U.A.C.
A direct submission of the final adjustment through the commanders
at the yards is inadmissible, so long as the boats remain in the
test run portion and travel is impossible.

2.) Demands for systems and auxiliary materials must be followed

up through the appropriate flotilla administrator to be completed.
In exceptional cases (Flotilla Administrators not in place) policy
can allow demands over the expertise of the U.A.C. to be taken.
Note: Particular details are to be seen in Standing Orders of the
U.A.C.
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C. Exercises for the U-Training Flotillas.

In the annexation steps for a boat from the U.A.C. test run to a
training flotilla, 25. Or 26. Submarine Flotilla, the training
operations comprise:

1.) Operation of the Torpedo reinforcement and fire control system.

2.) Training in Diving and Trim Regulation.
3.) Day and Night Firing.

At the end of the training, the commander should have command of

his boat securely in hand. All posts, during diving, during under
water attack, during surface attack work in unison, and should
play as one. The commander and the T.O. [Tactical Officer]
(Surface-Night Attack) should a sufficient open fire opportunity
be achieved, it is desirable for them, on a boat at the front and
under difficult circumstances (high security) and opposing diverse
goals (merchant ships, war ships, destroyer) security must be
brought to the firing.

The training is generally carried out in 3 weeks.

Before the transfer to these U-Boat flotillas is carried out a
telex announcement will probably be issued.

Steps to be taken by the boat:

a) The standard calibration orders
b) The daily calibration order
c) A collective memo of importance for the berthing harbors in
force per commanders orders, the moment a pullout from the
Standard Flotilla Orders is issued.
d) A notebook about provisions and material provisioning.
e) A file War Patrols for the commander and L.J.
f) The file U-Boats.

Officers and a section of the crew brought over to the quartering

vessel the moment a place is available.
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For every boat that stands in closedown, the storeroom is to take

up redundant equipment items according to orders.

In 1) The service personnel for torpedo reinforcement and Flotilla

equipment become through instruction and practical exercise
thoroughly trained.

In 2) The training in diving and trim regulation is completed with

special exercise fixed training days, so as to complete the
calibration. The training officers themselves support the
commanders of each boat additionally and the L.J. for every
training.

In3) The training in day - and night firing take place under
considerable security and take the appropriate actions for
improving shooting performance. It is fundamental with the
flotilla system to have fired. The participants serving with the
commander and his crew must run up to the number B3 - followed by
B7, D8 and B9 - and run up next to C3 and C7.The day and night
shooting training concludes with an escort convoy requested for
additional training achievement in day and night firing. The last
night deployment concludes in a surface attack alarm dive. The
training plan for each boat is specially modified for the boats
special needs. In the regular closing discussion the commanders
may speak out their wishes, so that an agreed outline on the
training potentials may be taken, and taken into consideration.
All further details on the execution of the firing are given in
the Standard: Firing Orders and the Daily Firing Orders.
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D. Tactical Training

Towards the conclusion of the test runs for all U-Boat commanders
accepted pro procura upon the completion of Depth - and Firing
Training, as the last training stage before reaching frontline
readiness, the boats will take part in the tactical exercises of
the 2nd U-Flotilla.

Purpose and goals of the tactical exercises are for the entire
crew of the U-Boat to conduct moderate combat exercises in order
to maintain combat discipline and control for the purpose of
maintaining cohesion in all situations when later combat duty is
put to the test.

The exercises find through navigation schooling that the U-Boats

standing in free sea space extended themselves over a time space
of about 14 days. The participation of sea plane units in the
tactical exercises is to enhance the combat discipline
characteristics of the exercises concentration and build them as
the norm.

The details of the exercise contents are out of the Standard

Exercise Orders of the 27th U-Flotilla as well as from the
Implementation Orders for the individual exercises.
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Communications Regulations

(Special regulations for U-Boats from commissioning to war

patrols.)

1.) All U-Boats switching in the Navy Yard canal generally

enclosed in Standing War Order of the C-in-C U-Boats Nr. 200
contrary N.V. II Plan 15 cipher 17 the U-Boat short and ultra long
wave of the North Sea.

2.) The U-Boat security frequency is Karl-Fritz equal to 71.77 m.

It is used on all Baltic Sea patrol and war patrol and individual
training U-Boats switching over.Training flotillas (Training
Flotillas) switching their flotilla short frequencies.
War patrol escort ships and tenders switching to equipment for the
Coastal Long Wave East or the Coastal Short Wave East frequencies.

3.) The head of the U Boat Security Frequency East has the 1. U-
Boat Flotilla as U-Boats Support Point Kiel with the Rotational
Radio System k a s . Opposite radio position is 1. U Boat
Instruction Divison from the tender Danube with the Rotational
Radio System h a d equal M.F.S. (School) Neustadt.

4.) The U-Boat security frequency East needs installation. It is

generally ordered through telephone or telex. The appropriate
announcement service in accordance with N.V. II Plan 15 is however
in every case conditional for a flawless security service.

5.) Daily 0800 operating time through the central office, is the
same for U-Boats at sea as for those that are not.
If the operating time for the frequency for U-Boats occupying see
locations, is equivalent to the Coastal Long Wave East Frequency,
around the immediate transmission of warning announcements entry
and exit will be blocked. In quiet times the content for the
security frequency can be filled with dummy messages operating in
response to single question transmissions, to which the answers
are, corrected on the U-Boats. Diving announcements are only
issued by radio.

6.) Possible necessary operative switching according to N.V. II

Plan 19 will from hereon not be met.

7.) During the U.A.C- Test Run radio switching aboard the U-Boats
will be according to the U.A.C.