Career | |
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Laid down: | 14 September 1942 |
Commissioned: | 14 July 1943 |
Fate: | sunk on 30 March 1945 |
When Italy surrendered on September 8, the Kriegsmarine took possession of U-429 and on 27 October 1943 gave command of her to Oberleutnant zur See Ernst-August Racky. On 16 October 1944 Oblt. Martin Kuttkat relieved Racky and commanded the boat until her loss. The submarine served as a school boat for her entire career, and never conducted a war patrol.
U-429 was bombed and sunk on 30 March 1945 near Wilhelmshaven. She did not suffer any casualties to her crew during her career.
The 2003 movie "U-Boat" features a fictional U-429, which captures the crew of a fictional USS Swordfish.