WWII Submarines of 2024: Nazi Germany


There are many preserved Nazi submarines that can be visited and toured by anyone interested in WWII. Most are midget or miniature submarines, weapons of desperation, created and deployed in ill-fated suicidal missions by a losing Third Reich. There remain five large submarines still preserved and open for tours.  One in the United States, one in Great Britain, two in Germany, and one in Finland…


United States

Marder Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (Mare Island, Vallejo, California) - 1944-45 / Website

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U-505 - Type IXC U-Boat (Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois) - 1941 / Website

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Marder Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (The Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, Virginia) - 1944-45 / Website

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Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine (New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, New Jersey) - 1944-45 / Website

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U-5075 - Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine (United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, Massachusetts) - 1944-45 / Website

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Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine - Replica (Tampa, Florida) - 1944-45 / Website

United Kingdom

U-534 - Type IXC/40 U-Boat (Birkenhead) - 1944 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine #90 (Imperial War Museum/Duxford) - 1944 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine #105 (Gosport) - 1945 / Website

France

U-5622 - Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine (Brest) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Pas-de-Calais) - 1944-45 / Website

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Marder Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (Military Dive School, St. Mandrier) - 1944-45 / Website

Germany


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U-2540 - Type XXI U-Boat (Bremerhaven) - 1945 / Website

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Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine (Bremerhaven) - 1944-45 / Website

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Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine (Dresden) - 1944-45 / Website

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Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine (Koblenz) - 1944-45 / Website

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Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine (Munich) - 1944-45 / Website

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Seehund Type XXVII Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (Teknik Museum, Speyer) - 1944-45 / Website

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Marder Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (Dresden) - 1944-45 / Website

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Marder Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (Teknik Museum, Speyer) - 1944-45 / Website

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Molch Midget Submarine (Holstein) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Teknik Museum, Speyer) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Rhineland-Pfalz) - 1945 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Potts Park, Minden) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Deutsches Museum, Munich) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Rheinmuseum, Emmerich am Rhein) - 1944-45 / Website

Netherlands

Biber Midget Submarine (Sloterweg, Amsterdam) - 1945 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Vlissingen, Zeeland) - 1945 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Overloon) - 1944-45 / Website

Norway

Biber Midget Submarine (Søgne Old Vickery, Søgne) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Kvalvik Fortress, Kristiansund) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Royal Norwegian Navy Museum, Horten) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Tellevik Fortress, Bergen) - 1944-45 / Website

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Biber Midget Submarine (Haakonsvern Naval Base, Bergen) - 1944-45 / Website

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Marder Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (2 located at Haakonsvern Naval Base, Bergen) - 1944-45 / Website

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Marder Midget Submarine - Human Torpedo (Royal Norwegian Navy Museum, Horten) - 1944-45 / Website

Finland

Vesikko (German Company, Built in the Netherlands) Type IIA U-Boat (Helsinki) - 1933 / Website



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