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JSC (Nr 028) Bismarck and U-556
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German submarien U-556 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 2 January 1940 by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg. She was commissioned on 6 February 1941, with Kapitänleutnant Herbert Wohlfarth in command. Wohlfarth commanded her for her entire career.

[edit] Career
U-556 and the battleship Bismarck were neighbors in the ways at Blohm + Voss as they finished construction at about the same time. (Bismarck was commissioned on 24 August 1940.) In January 1941, as U-556's commissioning ceremonies approached, Wohlfarth wanted a band for the celebration, but could not afford to hire one. Kapitän Ernst Lindemann, commanding officer of Bismarck, loaned him his ship's band.

As thanks, Wohlfarth drew up a humorous Patenschaftsurkunde (Certificate of Sponsorship) promising that U-556 would protect Bismarck.

Thanks to Up Periscope :)