![]() Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (second from left in first row) and his adjutant, Abid Hasan (far left in first row), with the crew members of I-29 after the exchange with U-180 on 28 April 1943. U-180 was fitted with six 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 24 torpedoes, one 10.5 cm (4.13 in) SK C/32 naval gun, 150 rounds, and a 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 with 2575 rounds as well as two 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft guns with 8100 rounds. When submerged, the boat could operate for 121 nautical miles (224 km 139 mi) at 2 knots (3.7 km/h 2.3 mph) when surfaced, she could travel 12,750 nautical miles (23,610 km 14,670 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h 12 mph). The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h 23.9 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h 7.9 mph). The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 200 metres (660 ft). She had two shafts and two 1.90 m (6 ft) propellers. The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines plus two MWM RS34.5S six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines for cruising, producing a total of 9,000 metric horsepower (6,620 kW 8,880 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1,000 shaft horsepower (1,010 PS 750 kW) for use while submerged. U-180 had a displacement of 1,610 tonnes (1,580 long tons) when at the surface and 1,799 tonnes (1,771 long tons) while submerged. German Type IXD1 submarines were considerably larger than the original Type IXs. U-180 was used primarily in clandestine operations. Stripped of torpedo armament, the Type IXD1s were designated as transport submarines, and could carry up to 252 tonnes of freight. She was launched on 10 December 1941 and commissioned on under Fregattenkapitän Werner Musenberg (Crew 25). ![]() Her keel was laid down on 25 February 1941 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 1020. German submarine U-180 was a Type IXD1 transport U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine which served in World War II. 6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern).Missing since 23 August 1944 in the Bay of Biscay off Bordeaux
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