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Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye
In U-571, when they come up against the Kreigsmarine surface ship, what type of destroyer is it?
Thank you.
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The German destroyer in the movie was named
Z-49. The 'real'
Z-49 was authorized in 1942 and laid down in 1943. Damaged by Allied bombing, she was never completed and was broken up on the stocks.
The
Z-49 as in the movie was portrayed by an ex-USN ARS rescue and salvage ship built during WWII. She is most likely still operational in the Turkish Navy.
