Among the boats surrendered around the Atlantic, Type XB U-234 stands out because she had been built as a minelayer and adapted as a cargo submarine. She was bound for Japan with uranium oxide and other strategic material when she surrendered to the United States. Her commission in March 1944, surrender in May 1945, and sinking by USS Greenfish in 1947 place her outside the British Deadlight sequence. The case shows that Allied disposal and weapons trials extended beyond Operation Deadlight.
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U-234's unfinished cargo mission to Japan
The surrendered U-boat U-234 illustrates Germany's late-war attempt to move strategic cargo, including uranium oxide, to Japan by submarine.