The U-853 was built by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen, Germany. Ordered on 5 June 1941, her keel was laid on 21 August 1942 and commissioned on 25 June 1943.
The Germans nicknamed the ship "der Seiltanzer" meaning "The Tightrope Walker" and her crew pained an emblem of a yellow shield with a red horse on the sail.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
LENGTH: 251 feet 10 inches
BEAM: 22.6 feet
SPEED: 18.3 knots surfaced, 7.3 knots submerged
TEST DEPTH: 750 feet
COMPLEMENT: 4 officers, 44 enlisted
ARMAMENT:
6 torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
one 4.1-inch deck gun
one 31.5-inch AA gun
one twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
--GreGen
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