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'''Unterseeboot 537 (U-537)''' was a [[Type IX U-boat|Type IXC/40 submarine]] of the [[Kriegsmarine]]. Her keel was laid down on [[10 April]] [[1942]] by [[Deutsche Werft]] in [[Hamburg]]. She was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[27 January]] [[1943]] with Kapitänleutnant Peter Schrewe in command. Schrewe commanded the boat for nearly two years, until her loss.
U-537 conducted three patrols, and holds the distinction of making the only armed German landing in North America during the second world war.
After installing a weather station in Martin Bay, [[Labrador]] she was sent to the Far East. On [[9 November]] [[1944]] in the [[Java Sea]] east of [[Surabaya]], U-537 was sunk with all hands -- 58 officers and men -- by [[torpedo]]es from [[USS Flounder (SS-251)|USS ''Flounder'' (SS-251)]].
==See also==
* [[List of U-boats]]
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